Again, thanks for your help.
Today I uninstalled driver, then rebooted computer, then installed driver (v10.8.1), then rebooted computer, then started VSCode, then plugged in M5ST A CK, not M5ST I CK, into computer. Up to this point, while the M5Stack is plugged into the computer the M5Stack has not rebooted.
I then connected the M5Stack using COM5, which is the COM port for the M5Stack. The M5Stack did not reboot.
Then, in the Explorer pane under M5STACK DEVICE, I touched COM5. This is supposed to expand and show the files and folders currently on the M5Stack device. At this point, the M5Stack reboots. It shows the QR code for roughly 10 seconds and then reboots. This behavior repeats, even after closing VSCode until I unplug the M5Stack from the computer.
When I plug the M5Stack back into the computer, it reboots once and continues to show the QR code without rebooting.
I then start MaixPy IDE. When I try to connect to the M5ST I CK (which is really an M5ST A CK) a dialog is displayed that has text, "Connecting ... Please wait ...". That dialog has a sweeping green bar that continues to sweep until the cows come home.
I then start UIFlow and connect to the M5Stack. The M5Stack does not automatically reboot. I then open an existing project. I then run the file. It runs. There is no cycle of rebooting.
I then attempt to "Download" the file to the M5Stack. The M5Stack displays "Uploading ...". The computer displays an Uploading message, "Uploading, please wait a minute ..." , then displays, "Upload code failed. Maybe your device is offline check it and retry". I have not usually had that happen previously. In the past, I have been able to download (or upload?) to the M5Stack.
I rebooted the computer and tried again. Same result.
I opened a different project and tried to download (or upload?) it. This was successful.
I then opened the original program and copied the contents into the buffer. Then I opened the second project that downloaded successfully and replaced its contents with the contents of the buffer. I downloaded the program and it ran correctly.
So, in general, I can make things happen with UIFlow that I cannot seem to get working using either MaixPy or VSCode.
Does anyone have suggestions for what to try next?
Again, thanks for your help.