Hi Darrel. I have installed MPLAB IDE v8.00 Full Release and setup was done as mentioned.
Now when compiled I get the MPASM window showing the process and then shows 18 errors.
This goes by very fast and starts green and then goes red. The errors are similar to what I had before. Here are a few. I have omitted the path for each error.

205 : Found label after column 1. (WritePort)
205 : Illegal opcode(_Char)
234 : Illegal opcode(_LCD_DATAUS)
249 : Found label after column 1.(DelayUS)
267 : Illegal opcode(LCD_COMMANDUS)

and many more