just a very late update. The problem was solved since my last post months ago. I had to manually correct the .cgi files that had the member counts, member total and last number used. This is not something anyone should have to do but since I caused the error by editing a file I shouldnt have, then it had to be fixed. The files were just a number that I changed so they all matched as far as member count (this wasnt corrected through the control panel for some reason)
Then I ran the rebuild options through the control panel again just to be safe and checked the files again which were matched correctly
I did not change the usednamelist
Note to self - dont edit the members list file
