Thanks for the response. After having been prompted to enable System - Legacy I tried installing JoomlaXplorer, but unsuccessful. This was the message:
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It seems that my problem is circular - I can't remove restrictions because of restrictions. No matter how many reinstalls I try the issue persist, and the folder count stacks because I haven't access to remove the folders. Some might find it humorous and ironical; I'd tend to agree.