[propbeanie]

When you re-installed, did you keep a Stock install of the game, and run that? When in the install program, and the choice menu came up, did you choose to install DirectX 9.0c and the Codecs, but leave out Adobe Reader and the Game Shadow? Both of those will cause issue. Be sure and start the game from the newly installed directory using the SH4.exe, then try shortcuts after that. It might be that your short-cut isn't good anymore. You also might not be able to use old Saves if ANYTHING is different between the drives, or game config. What you are seeing with the "Pause" is sometimes a fail-safe game licensing thing. It is possible that the game not pulling info from the registry properly. Also, be sure your mods are compatible with the version of the game you have... Since you have a disk version, is it the old defacto v1.3, or the newer "Gold Edition" with U-Boat Missions included? These and other questions could be asked...