Diropus 4.17 on OS3.9

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a) looks like it is some setting in the config file then? No idea why its configged this way by default then.

Check if the file format of the config file was been changed [old <-> new].

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sorry, dont know what you mean. you mean its extension?

Meant that the new config file might be corrupted.

If you can't get it working properly, why not try newfilemaster ? It's a little bit more up-to-date.
http://aminet.net/util/dir/NewFilemaster.lha

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ha! no. I will stick with diropus. its a wonderful program. but thanks, I'll have a look.

I think the answer to your problem is that the foreground & background colors are the same (grey). Just adjust one of them and the menus will be visible again.

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I tried, but that didnt work. Anyway, I have done a clean install of 4.17.21 and then added some stuff (like the .HLP files) from the 4.16 archive. Still corrupt menu's. However I used my old config file and have started configuring the program. Looks like its working with the old config file!

Strange, I have 4.16 & 4.17 (hidden). 4.17 worked on my system, but 4.16 had those strange menuitems. Selecting a menuitem worked though. So it had to be the menu colors. Looks your problem still is a broken configfile.
Can you attach this file for testing purposes ?

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