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ungrounded switched outlet with three 2-wire cables coming into it -- make GFCI

The few others on the same circuit that this one is on tested as open ground. I also wish this one wasn't controlled by wall switch as I want it to always be on. I wasn't sure if I could simplify this is any way so that I could eventually replace it with a (ungrounded) GFCI receptacle.
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- Oct 14, 2020
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ungrounded switched outlet with three 2-wire cables coming into it -- make GFCI

The few others on the same circuit that this one is on tested as open ground. I also wish this one wasn't controlled by wall switch as I want it to always be on. I wasn't sure if I could simplify this is any way so that I could eventually replace it with a (ungrounded) GFCI receptacle.
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- Oct 14, 2020
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ungrounded switched outlet with three 2-wire cables coming into it -- make GFCI

I'm just a DYI-er here and very new. I have an ungrounded outlet that is completely controlled (it's not half-controlled) by a wall switch. The place I'm in was built in 1957 and this outlet appears to have a jumper wire from neutral to ground. Notice in the attached pics that there are 3...
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