Okay, well I don't know WHAT all was!

I let it cycle through the attempted repair several times.  Then one of the other options was to...well I don't remember, but do something else, advanced something or other maybe.  I chose that, and a blue screen came up with other options, including something like just shut down recovery and open windows 11...which is what I was trying to do all evening.  So I chose that.

And it rebooted, and opened everything normally, and....well here I am. 

What happens tomorrow night when I try to turn on it, though, well who knows.  But at any rate, at least for now, the Palace is back open. 

POLT