Something with Game Ex has gone horribly wrong...could use some help

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Last night, as i finished playing on my cab, i shut down the computer, and -since i wasn't paying enough attention- hit the power switch (on the power strip) too soon. 

Fire up the computer again tonight, everything seems fine.  Game ex loads, with no nag screen (but i haven't payed yet), and loads into a different "skin."  It shows no emulators configured.   

I reboot the system, nothing changes. Check the ROM and emulator folders, and nothing appears changed.   Fiddle around with a few things with Game ex, nothing changes.  So...

I open the setup wizard, and it's showing EVERYTHING is back at the defaults.  So i re-set-up everything.  Open the front end again, nag screen (good sign). When i select Mame, it naturally wants to update the game list  No problem, except it takes AN HOUR! This is not normal for me.  Normally, when i add a game to the folder to update, it takes about 10 minutes.  I have about 310 roms configured to play. 

When it's finally done, i know something is wrong, because it naturally lists EVERY MAME title.  Argh.   

I have no idea what to do now.  Any suggestions as to what may have changed? How i can get it back, if possible?  Help me obi-wan-kenobi, you're my only hope!