Hello! I managed to workaround all the issues so this is just a friendly heads up so that you are aware of it: when installing and launching Starsector, AhnLab gives a lot of trouble. I never installed that thing explicitly so I assume it's some kind of default antivirus that comes with the latest Windows. I also haven't saved actual errors but from memory - when installing, it kept exploding and finding some virus in Starsector. After I found how to disable it and did a successful install, I re-enabled it back. It was unhappy once again and Starsector would explode shortly after loading screen comes up with "can't access something" error. I had to permanently disable "Exploit Protection" in that antivirus and now everything works fine.