Yea, it should have been a separate post. Please do so in the future. WRT the missing plug-ins, they are not part of Professional. They are part of the Producer/Platinum series refer to the
comparison chart to see what is included with Professional. To get the missing plug-ins back run an advanced install of X3 Producer or older (or the appropriate Platinum installer if you have it). If you have Platinum, why not use it instead of Professional?