Lol, after reinstalling and all of that, it still won't shutdown correctly but now I can't send.. I get an error about creating new addresses when I attempt to..        

trying to reindex to see if that will correct it..    err...   just after that started it spat out an error about opening the wallet.dat..      I'll figure it out eventually and send it off to another wallet..   is there any chance bitcoin will go back up to previous levels?..  might not be worth it if not..    Thanks again..