Windows 10 File History backup fails for every directory: "Directory is not backed up because it is a reparse point"

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Appears to be problem reported as "Your data is not yet backed up"
Windows 10 Home version 1803 current as of 7/11/2018.
Since application of
KB4284848 on 7/05/2018
File History has stopped working. It no longer backs up any directories.
The Error log message is "Directory id not backed up because it is a reparse point."

After the failure,
1) I ran DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth
"The operation completed successfully"
2) Then I ran sfc /scannow
"Windows Resource Protection Aid did not find any intergrity violations"
3) Then, again, I ran DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth
"The operation completed successfully"
4) Then I rebooted again
5) Windows Settings > Update & Security > Backup > more options > File History backup options.
Starting status is "Your data is not yet backed up"
Select "Back up now"
Briefly I get the message "Backing up your data"
Then the status returns to "Your data is not yet backed up":
6) Control Panel > System aand Security > File History > Advanced settings >
Open File History event logs to view recent events or errors recorded in
Microosoft-Windows-FileHistory-Engine/File History backup log
Final message is Error Event ID 201
Unable to scan user libraries for changes and perform backup of modified files for configuration C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Configuration\Conf "
Preceding messages are all Warning Event ID 106: for example,
Directory was not backed up because it is a reparse point
C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\/Net Cachje\Low\Content.IE5
Among the 60 or so failed directories are
C:|Users\ben\My Documents
C:\Users\ben\Local Settings
C:\Users\ben\Cookies
C:\Users\ben\Application Data


How would a "reparse point" have been created,
and how do I delete it?
Or is the warning message incorrect?

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