Okay, I tried the portable versions of 7.1 and 7.0 - Same result.
Tried 6.29.0 and my images are back!
So now I guess I go in search of that discussion you mentioned and see if it can shed some light on the issue, perhaps there's some workaround.
If not, I'll just have to go back to 6.29.0 as I'm not willing to give up my 'Extras' in the catalog. Heck, I've worked too hard formatting everything like I like it (well, within the confines of what QT will allow in HTML, anyway).
Thank You for the help, BR
--CloudReader