URL redirect not wanted - Re: my POST values are not being received

Hmm  a weekend wasted  - thought it was going, but that only lasted 5
minutes - now not going.

1) Ive moved my "office" script into /office2/ subdirectory

2) no htaccess in my office2 subdirectory.  changed all links/URLs in
my HTML output to go to /office2/

3) the htaccess in my root/main directory has lines to EXCLUDE the
/office2/ directory but I still get redirected to /office/ when I
submit my form.

my main / top htaccess is:-

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^(css) - [L]
RewriteRule ^office2/ - [L]  - QUESTION: (DOES THIS EXCLUDE SUBDIRECTORY ??)
RewriteRule ^login login.php [NC,QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)$ index.php [NC,QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [NC,QSA,L]


A weekend wasted on a small script. I've got 20 different routines I
wanted to be added, & I can't even do 1 routine - it's now 6 PM on
Sunday night I started after work on Friday.

any ideas?