Thanks for the responce Blackstaff, love your screen name.
I'm in water deep trying to understand what you wrote.
My computer doesn't have the folder labeled 'mods', instead it goes 'common,' 'standard,' (the sequel game), and 'UFO.' Mods go to 'standard' folder. This is true for both Openxcom and extended.
I don't know what version of Extended I'm using, the place I downloaded it from doesn't have older versions. Ditto for 'Commendations' mod. I could uninstall both openxcom's and then install an older openxcom.