You need to set folder permissions: https://www.svp-team.com/wiki/SVP:VLC
See pictures appears after click to link: How to manually set folder permissions
I tried that several times but it's not working and I'm all out of ideas.
I checked anti-virus, I checked ransomware shield, I checked everything, tried everything. SVP has all the permissions in the world but the error isn't going away and frankly I'm a little annoyed at the moment.
Look like my $20 went down the crapper...