Thanks for that, you've confirmed what I suspected. Just didn't want to leap without asking someone who had already done something like this.
As an aside.
There will be a lot of users who for what ever reason have to do a clean reinstall. It would have been nice if FD had plonked a "don't Panic" instruction on how to recover if you've saved your Binds and Control Files.
I saved mine on a stick. Reloaded the game. Went to the location to plonk them SCREAM …. no such sub directories.
I was left making enquiries here.....thanks very much for stopping my second heart attack by the way, and awaiting confirmation.
FD Instructions should have been:-
Saved your control files - don't worry.
Reinstall.
If you have chickened out and havent let the game recreate the location for your files just plonk them in yourself after creating the sub directories.
Run the game!
Might be a standard good practice for players from now on....save both these sub directories onto a stick, reinstall and copy back.
Thanks again.