Launcher Welcome Screen Blank!

Looks like the issue had to do with how a fresh install of Windows 11 handles registry settings differently from an upgrade. I just recently installed a new SSD and did a fresh install of Windows 11. After that fresh install is when the problem started. Before that everything worked fine. Its possible that  Windows 10 has a registry entry that tells the game what it can use to load the launcher menu. But a fresh install of Windows 11 probably doesn’t have that set up the same way. Since Sims 3 relies on Internet Explorer components and Windows 11 removes IE entirely in favor of Edge some registry settings might not have been configured right. When I upgraded from Windows 10 to 11 again I believe those settings carried over which is probably why it worked before. We can’t test or dig into it more since I wiped my computer before finding the solution but if anyone else has this issue checking registry settings related to IE components might be worth a shot!