I understand what you're saying, like maybe I have a typo, correct?

At this point my brain is so shaken up from trying to figure out how to mine crypto, each coin having unique requirements and me failing hard, I should just give up.

Your average person will never get into crypto when everything is so discombobulated. This isn't a dis on dark, this is a dis on all cryptocurrencies.

EDIT: I re-downloaded various shit, checked file paths, verified sanity, computed shatter to vape, calmed down, became flabbergasted again, and eventually ran Simple GPU Miner again and the magical dos cmd "black box" appeared once again. I have (had?) an IQ of 85, but maybe now 55, as cryptocurrency has killed me brain.

You want next bitcoin?

Simple.

Create a coin that anyone can use, anyone can mine, and most users don't have to enter support requests or ask complicated questions. I have a feeling Bitcoin will figure this out before some miracle-altcoin-dev.