Hello again,
I tried all the suggestions but none of it work. I even have a backup copy of my
profile (.arg), it still did not work.
But the good news is that I was able to make it kinda work. When we installed autocad
it required at least two "formats/profile/versions". Mep global, US Imperial, etc..
So when I fired up the the other shortcut (MEP global) the one I dont usually use, I saw
the "beautiful" xreference palette.
Then I imported my backup ".arg". I had to do a little massaging to get it back to where
I wanted it to be.
Thank you all for the suggestions.