Tried that..... it still loads up the crossfire launcher screen at 640x480 and 16 bit colour......
The only way i can get the crossfire launcher to display correctly right now is to launch it directly from the crossfire mod folder in flmm.... but then of course the patching and actual game launch does not work..... but at least i can see and click on the launch multiplayer button
*PROBLEM SOLVED*
lol!!
For some strange reason the exe had decided to run itself in compatibility mode!!
That explains the 640x480, 256 colour etc
*phew*
thanks for your response