Sorry, it's taken so long to f/u on this "weird" issue.
IT sent 2 technicians out a couple of weeks ago and they witnessed those files returning after being deleted, then spent an hour commiserating.
They weren't familiar with Lr, per se, but they explored the sync options and, based on their understanding of cloud file management, etc., they believe the problem is with Lr Sync. And we all laughed; it's always the other guy.
But that seems to make sense. It appears that Lt keeps syncing the files back. But why?
I kinda get it, in principle, but how do I fix it? And what happened?
This is new, and I'm at a loss. My understanding of fine points is shallow, at best. And everything is so stirred up and sometimes I feel I'm making it worse.
Should I just open an old catalog and see if that fixes it?
I don't know if my new Samsun Fold has anything to do with what's going on; I'm thinking in terms of syncing. I've noticed that Lr mobile, on my Fold, is labeled Lightroom for Samsung.
Sync on my S10 Mobile used Collections. On my Fold it uses albums. Could this be an issue?
Then there is the Read-only issue: see User folder image
I used Lr the Open 3 screenshots in Ps as layers. They loaded but I couldn't resize any of them, which appears to be a Read-only issue
In properties/ something is always in motion and can't be stopped. Something appears to be syncing but IT didn't know what to make of it, but believed it is the source of the problem.
The file Name chnages I thought I'd make turned out to be copies of the actual file. Write only issue? It can't change the name but it can make a copy.
I've attached some relevant, unedited, screenshots.