"I'm posting this a couple places"

If you had simply started your Own Topic, not only would it all be in One Place, you would get the help you need specifically, not buried in other people's topics, and We wouldn't need to Chase your Questions in multiple places, to find it all the Same topic.
Please go Here, because I put a Lot of time into that response:
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