Launching Kodi (App Store Version) With Media Keyboard

First off, apologies for the extremely specific question, but I’m stumped. I recently switched from the regular Kodi to the Kodi App Store version to take advantage of the auto-updates, and aside from the movie posters loading a little slowly it seemed fine. However, previously I used one of the keys on my Microsoft Wireless Media Keyboard to launch Kodi. I figured I’d do the same with the new version, but when I tried to use the keyboard/mouse software to point to the program folder, I was told I didn’t have permission to access it. Long story short, after jumping through a bunch of hoops and enabling various admin privileges I finally got the damn thing to the .exe file and was able to launch Kodi. Huzzah! Except I had to retract the huzzah because it’s launching without any of my library data. Launch from the start menu, no problem, launch with the shortcut key, empty folders. Any help would be appreciated.