@Iluin You're correct, you don't need to use the Alder Lake patch anymore. The crash log confirms you're not seeing that error as well, rather an error with the same VC++ runtime. Since you reinstalled the runtime already, the issue is more likely something else that is using it incorrectly. So please run a couple of basic checks of your Windows system files:
Restart your computer, hit Windows key-i, select Update & Security, and click the box to check for updates. If any install, restart again afterwards.
Try again to play, and if you can't, reinstall .NET Framework 3.5. Click Windows key-R, enter appwiz.cpl in the run box, click "Turn Windows features on or off," and you'll see .NET 3.5 near the top of the list. Click the filled-in box to uninstall it, and restart your computer. Repeat the process, clicking the now-empty box to reinstall, and restart again before trying to play.
Before I go about all that, I was wondering about something else I've noticed now. The launcher now runs and goes to the taskbar tray like it does when the game successfully launches, only it stays there and the game doesn't launch, which is something of a new development. Might that shed any additional light before I go through the option you've presented?
@Iluin If you're using a core mod, for example NRaas ErrorTrap, try removing it. Core mods can throw a core mismatch warning when their internal version doesn't match the game's internal build number, which became the case after the update. They can also force-minimize the game instead. And to be clear, this isn't about all mods, or all NRaas mods, the rest of which (other than UntranslatedKey) are script mods. It's just about the seven or so core mods in circulation. Simler90's is another core mod, if you've seen it around.
DISM and sfc are not harmful and don't take a lot of time to finish, so it's nothing special to run them. I understand if you'd like to wait, but think of them more as maintenance steps than intrusive changes to your PC. I run them every few months just to check the state of my Windows install.
So I've gone ahead and not only cleared out the NRaas mods I had (thanks for that by the way, completely forgot they might be an issue) but also went through the whole process you described earlier. Unfortunately, still no dice. Now the game launches and crashes as usual without the launcher lingering in the taskbar tray. I'm including my most recent exception reports here plus that window screenshot you requested. Thanks for your assistance with this by the way.
It looks like it cut off one of the exception files in my reply so I'm enclosing it here.
