Thanks Dexter.. Success!! we have liftoff! the effects folder fixed the problem. I think perhaps it was the cfg file that was corrupt. What I did was to remove my effect folder to the desktop and drop your copy into my system, checked the result and the wakes were showing, so I then copied my effects from the desktop into your folder skipping any that were already in there.. Bingo..I am up and running again..
I have some FX files in the folder now that are obsolete, as you have different addons to me, but that really does not matter as they take up very little space on the HD. Thanks heaps for all your efforts People.Teecee.