ok after bit more process of ilimination, ive found the faulting module in my theme that would stop it from working (fresh litestep austerity theme didnt fault)

it was the contextmenu-1.0.dll module, dont know what it does, ive been using the fluidity theme, that i then butchered & customised for my own

so litestep now runs beautifully & with no errors :)

however am still having the issue where by only 3 icons in the system tray are displaying & other system icons arent

any ideas? i am using xtray-1.0.dll