Yes, I had administrative rights.
MarcGuay - Thanks for the link to the other thread, but I did not find anything there that worked to fix my problem. Bootloader install still does not recognize my Sansa e270 either automatically or manually.
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I continued to try to install bootloader periodically throughout the day both automatically and manually with no luck. Then, all of a sudden, while using sansapatcher, my player was recognized and I was able to install bootloader. Now all is bliss. Weird!!!
Thanks you those who tried to help.