[LSA]

If can load it up in FMB then it should show up in QMB...But it doesn't!
So I must have something in the original install out of place. Not knowing just how these files & folders all go together I don't even know where to start looking for the out of place files..

If a map shows up in FMB but not in QMB then you obviously misspelled it's name in conf.ini. Make sure your map names in [quick] section are correct.

Do you have any Online designated names showing up in your QMB settings area?

In QMB I have just the maps listed in [quick] section, stock or modded doesn't matter.

So if have the game installed twice on the same C drive, buit in different folders & with different names you think it should work o.k. with no conflicts between the two in the registry? Maybe I'll try doing that just for grinns...

I don't think so, I'm sure As vpmedia said before this game doesn't use any registry entries. So you don't even need to do usual installation. Much faster is to copy current installation to another place and do whatever modding you want...