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It seems that for whatever reason, whenever I boot up the game, all the folders and files change back to "read only," and the crash just occurs once more.

Let's see... Are you logged in as the adminstrator? Anyway, check this article, perhaps one of these solutions is what you are looking for.

https://thegeekpage.com/folder-keeps-reverting-to-read-only/
P.S.
If you have more than one hard disk, try copy/pasting the game's folder to another hard disk, and see if that changes things for you.

I've tried everything on the list and your own suggestion, and so far none of them have worked. 

I really can't think of any other way to fix this, I am sorry to say. You never played other versions of the game, did you? Did you ever try other RPG Maker VX Ace games on the PC you are using? This seems some weird interaction with your PC, since I don't get reports about this issue from others, but it's hard to say for sure what might be causing it.

I have played other versions and other RPG Maker games, would that affect this some how, and is there anything I can do about that?

I was asking about other games because this was starting to sound like a problem on your PC, and if that was the case, maybe this had happened with other games as well, but if you played other versions, then this is even more confusing. Maybe something went wrong with the version I uploaded here at itch.io? Here is another link:
https://mega.nz/file/BFIh3Dyb#38rcKug-wnOpjLcdFRrSxRtt86w8KSHWaoUGkZ616qI

Thank you for all your help, I realize this may be somewhat frustrating. I'm going to try this out. In the meantime, may I ask if there's any way to make the game window larger?

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Yes, you can make the window bigger. If you play around with the F5 and F6 keys, you should be able find an option you like. Also, "ALT+Enter" can toggle fullscreen in most programs, including my game.