On Sat, 2 Mar 2019 01:04:39 -0700, Bill in Co wrote:

ALL of that, with access sometimes being denied (and the incessant
permissions and ownership BS),


So turn off UAC, as others have suggested, since it's probably too
late for you to configure UAC properly.

I assure you that I have UAC turned on and I don't get "incessant
permissions and ownership BS". Partly, I'm sure, it's because I took
the trouble to learn how I should use UAC _before_ I started loading
stuff on my Windows 7 laptop. In no way am I a UAC expert -- I
learned enough for me to configure it for the way _I_ work, not
enough to advise others on how they should work.

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