Has one of those steps been to run the repair utility ?
What Antivirus are you using ?
Edit - If the repair utility doesn't help, create a new windows administrator account and launch the game there and advise if the same.
ESET - disable protocol filtering (this will exist in safe mode)
Kaspersky - disable scan secure/encrypted connections
One last thought before I go for the night (1120pm)
Do you use the chrome web browser and have browser extensions enabled ? if so disable them
the launcher is like a web browser and uses the chromium framework
Edit - I have few other things to try so if it persists will be back tommorow
Thanks for your time. I did uninstall Chrome at some point, but have Opera (which runs on the Chromuim engine as well)
I tried a new admin profile, in Safe mode w/ networking, with the launcher in a new folder on a different drive and still no go.
I'll try to reinstall chrome and see if it helps.
Update: No change after Chrome Install
Do a search for libcef.dll (part of the chromium framework) , if any exist in the common path cut them out and paste to the desktop.
In particular look at C:\Windows\SysWOW64
This dll should not be in a common path , and is usually installed into a particular program folder.
If another program installs a different version it causes problems
