Summary

I've been running into an issue with using the "Mesh from Strands" in conjunction with "Guides from Guide Mesh" modifier to allow simming of hair with Cloth, etc.   What happens is that although the guides and strands appear to work correctly  in the VIEWPORT after the conversion back to guides in the stack, when I RENDER I only get the state of the mesh from the "Mesh from Strands" point in the stack.  I've attached a file and a screen grab that demonstrate the problem.  I can even style the hair a bit with an Edit Guides after the conversion, and this all shows up fine in the viewport.  However, when you render it looks exactly like it does if you turn off everything above the "Mesh from Strands" modifier.

Any ideas or advice?