The good news is that WR v4.4.0 did not exhibit the same issues with safe mode as did WR 4.3.0 or WR 4.3.1. I was able to boot into safe mode using WR, run all the repairs, and reboot into Windows -- and the problems with earlier WR versions did not happen.
The BAD news is that, at first, the reboot appeared to fail.
I got a blue screen, with an error message about SRtTrail.txt and that it was preparing Automatic Repair -- which failed and offered no other options.
Fearing the worst, I cold booted, expecting to be unable to run Windows and having to restore from my MR image backup.
But ... PC booted OK into Windows with no apparent issues.
So, it worked -- but ended with a "scary" error message. IF it does this regularly for other folks, you are going to get a LOT of posts here!