Forums Connection Issues Help Please: "Options" menu won't open; no connect

I am BARBARA.....and my experience has been incredibly frustrating. I have had mIRC for years now, including a registered version.

The problem started sporadically. The options menu would pop up, and then disappear. Finally, the OPTIONS menu was found NO MORE. I have specific servers that I need to access that were not on the standard menu, and cannot access OPTIONS to get in.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled so many times with no luck, and now, I cannot even CONNECT at all.

I have no idea what is going on. Help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks-

Barbara