Problem solved--game updated; prior games restored.
So I assume that the next time I get an update alert, I should just switch it over to Windows mode to adjust screen res, update, then change back to non-Windows mode afterwards.

Thanks very much for your help.

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My apologies--thanks for being patient and taking the time to help. Still no joy. Inside of the My Documents > My Games > Order of Battle - WW2 > Settings Folder , I've (had) the following six files: hotkeys.dat options.dat serials.dat theme tutorial.dat unlocked.dat The 'options.dat' is from the li...

Thanks for the answer. It worked at first, and then it didn't. I deleted the settings folder. Then I loaded the game and it allowed me to access options to adjust windows mode + screen res. No problems. But then I tried to log on to the server to retrieve a game, and I got a warning saying "Thi...

Hello, Just updated the game to the latest version, and when I did, once again I came up with the problem of it loading to a black screen. I looked in the following: My Documents > My Games > Order of Battle - WW2 > Settings where I have two options files: options.dat and options_backup_2016-12-16 1...

Cancel request--problem solved with hotkey....

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