Thanks for that, guys. Looks like things are essentially just the same as they used to be.
Yes, my Kindle has somehow turned into Kindle for pc 1.26.0 - I used to have an old one.
So all those extra files are from the screwed up Kindle thing?
Best thing is a major delete of everything in sight and uninstall of Kindle.exe wherever that is and redo.
And install latest alf's tools.
O.K. thank you.