I just remembered (sorry)
I downloaded Wing Commander and i havn't been able to access Fs2_Open eversince (could be a coincidence, but who am i to say)
I have the WCS files in a folder on my desktop as well as a short cut. I can access the program without any errors occuring.
Hopefully this will help in solving my predicament.
Once again, my full appreciation to all that are helping me.
Also when i try to open fred i get this error:
Error: icons.tbl(line 6:
Error: Missing required token: [#Start]. Found [:] instead.
File:J:\src\cvs\fs2_open_3_6_9.final\code\Parse\PARSELO.CPP
Line: 659
[This filename points to the location of a file on the computer that built this executable]
Call stack:
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Jeez, this whole thing is turning into one great error!
Its is also i widespread issue now, no matter what mods or even no mod I launch FS2_Open will not run as the <Cruiser.pof> error comes up.