Also, I'm very new to MQ2 - what are non-vanilla plugins?

While WinEQ2 is loaded, I never get the box that loads up and says MQ is running. Commands don't work.

However, when I run EQ normally - I see the box. Commands work.

Am I using a bad version of MQ? It works fine otherwise, just not when I run WinEQ2.

Any suggestions?