Starsector won't launch through the .exe on my new laptop, but the .bat file launches the game just fine. I have checked that the "JAVA_OPTIONS environment variable" is not present. My desktop color depth is set to 32-bit.
Results from the .bat file below.
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Fractal Softworks\Starsector\starsector-core>..\jre\bin\java.exe -Djava.library.path=native\windows -Xms1536m -Xmx1536m -Xss1024k -Dcom.fs.starfarer.settings.paths.logs=. -Dcom.fs.starfarer.settings.paths.saves=../saves -Dcom.fs.starfarer.settings.paths.screenshots=../screenshots -Dcom.fs.starfarer.settings.paths.mods=../mods -classpath janino.jar;commons-compiler.jar;commons-compiler-jdk.jar;starfarer.res.jar;starfarer.api.jar;starfarer_obf.jar;jogg-0.0.7.jar;jorbis-0.0.15.jar;json.jar;lwjgl.jar;lwjgl_util_applet.jar;jinput.jar;lwjgl_test.jar;log4j-1.2.9.jar;lwjgl_util.jar;fs.sound_obf.jar;fs.common_obf.jar;xstream-1.4.10.jar com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher
0 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher - Starting Starsector 0.9.1a-RC8 launcher
1 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher - Running in C:\Program Files (x86)\Fractal Softworks\Starsector\starsector-core
1 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher - OS: Windows 8.1 6.3
1 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher - Java version: 1.7.0_79 (64-bit)
7 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.settings.StarfarerSettings - Loading settings
10 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.loading.LoadingUtils - Loading JSON from [ABSOLUTE_AND_CWD: null (data/config/settings.json)]
mar 29, 2020 4:29:05 AM java.util.prefs.WindowsPreferences <init>
WARNING: Could not open/create prefs root node Software\JavaSoft\Prefs at root 0x80000002. Windows RegCreateKeyEx(...) returned error code 5.
142 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 640x480, 144Hz, 32bpp
143 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 640x480, 60Hz, 32bpp
143 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 640x480, 59Hz, 32bpp
143 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 640x480, 72Hz, 32bpp
143 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 640x480, 75Hz, 32bpp
143 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 640x480, 100Hz, 32bpp
144 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 640x480, 120Hz, 32bpp
144 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 640x480, 119Hz, 32bpp
144 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 720x480, 144Hz, 32bpp
144 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 720x480, 120Hz, 32bpp
144 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 720x480, 119Hz, 32bpp
145 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 720x480, 100Hz, 32bpp
145 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 720x480, 59Hz, 32bpp
146 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 720x480, 60Hz, 32bpp
146 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 720x576, 100Hz, 32bpp
147 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 720x576, 119Hz, 32bpp
148 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 720x576, 120Hz, 32bpp
148 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 720x576, 50Hz, 32bpp
149 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 720x576, 144Hz, 32bpp
149 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 800x600, 144Hz, 32bpp
149 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 800x600, 56Hz, 32bpp
150 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 800x600, 60Hz, 32bpp
150 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 800x600, 119Hz, 32bpp
151 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 800x600, 120Hz, 32bpp
151 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 800x600, 100Hz, 32bpp
153 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 800x600, 72Hz, 32bpp
153 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 800x600, 75Hz, 32bpp
154 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1024x768, 144Hz, 32bpp
154 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1024x768, 60Hz, 32bpp
155 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1024x768, 100Hz, 32bpp
155 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1024x768, 119Hz, 32bpp
156 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1024x768, 120Hz, 32bpp
156 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1024x768, 70Hz, 32bpp
157 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1024x768, 75Hz, 32bpp
157 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1152x864, 100Hz, 32bpp
158 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1152x864, 120Hz, 32bpp
159 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1152x864, 119Hz, 32bpp
159 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1152x864, 60Hz, 32bpp
160 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1152x864, 144Hz, 32bpp
160 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1176x664, 50Hz, 32bpp
161 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1176x664, 59Hz, 32bpp
161 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1176x664, 60Hz, 32bpp
161 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x720, 120Hz, 32bpp
163 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x720, 119Hz, 32bpp
163 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x720, 100Hz, 32bpp
164 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x720, 60Hz, 32bpp
164 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x720, 59Hz, 32bpp
165 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x720, 50Hz, 32bpp
165 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x1024, 144Hz, 32bpp
165 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x1024, 75Hz, 32bpp
166 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x1024, 100Hz, 32bpp
166 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x1024, 120Hz, 32bpp
167 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x1024, 119Hz, 32bpp
167 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x720, 144Hz, 32bpp
168 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x1024, 60Hz, 32bpp
168 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x960, 120Hz, 32bpp
168 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x800, 144Hz, 32bpp
169 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x960, 119Hz, 32bpp
169 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x960, 100Hz, 32bpp
169 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x768, 144Hz, 32bpp
170 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x960, 75Hz, 32bpp
170 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x960, 60Hz, 32bpp
170 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x768, 60Hz, 32bpp
171 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x800, 60Hz, 32bpp
171 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x768, 119Hz, 32bpp
171 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x768, 120Hz, 32bpp
172 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x768, 100Hz, 32bpp
173 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x800, 119Hz, 32bpp
174 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x960, 144Hz, 32bpp
174 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x800, 120Hz, 32bpp
174 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1280x800, 100Hz, 32bpp
175 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1360x768, 144Hz, 32bpp
175 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1360x768, 100Hz, 32bpp
175 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1360x768, 119Hz, 32bpp
176 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1360x768, 120Hz, 32bpp
176 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1360x768, 60Hz, 32bpp
176 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1366x768, 144Hz, 32bpp
177 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1366x768, 100Hz, 32bpp
177 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1366x768, 119Hz, 32bpp
177 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1366x768, 120Hz, 32bpp
178 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1366x768, 60Hz, 32bpp
178 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1440x900, 144Hz, 32bpp
178 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1440x900, 60Hz, 32bpp
179 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1440x900, 119Hz, 32bpp
179 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1440x900, 120Hz, 32bpp
179 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1440x900, 100Hz, 32bpp
180 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1600x900, 100Hz, 32bpp
181 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1600x900, 120Hz, 32bpp
181 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1600x900, 119Hz, 32bpp
182 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1600x900, 60Hz, 32bpp
183 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1600x900, 144Hz, 32bpp
184 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1600x1024, 144Hz, 32bpp
184 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1600x1024, 60Hz, 32bpp
184 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1600x1024, 120Hz, 32bpp
185 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1600x1024, 119Hz, 32bpp
185 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1600x1024, 100Hz, 32bpp
185 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1680x1050, 120Hz, 32bpp
186 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1680x1050, 119Hz, 32bpp
186 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1680x1050, 100Hz, 32bpp
186 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1680x1050, 60Hz, 32bpp
187 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1680x1050, 144Hz, 32bpp
188 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1920x1080, 120Hz, 32bpp
188 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1920x1080, 119Hz, 32bpp
189 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1920x1080, 100Hz, 32bpp
189 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1920x1080, 59Hz, 32bpp
189 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1920x1080, 60Hz, 32bpp
190 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1920x1080, 50Hz, 32bpp
190 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Found display mode: 1920x1080, 144Hz, 32bpp
190 [main] INFO com.fs.starfarer.launcher.opengl.GLLauncher - Assuming native monitor resolution is 1920x1080
439 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.L - Using refresh rate:144
970 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/ui/launcher_bg.jpg (using cast)
981 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/ui/launch_button_bg.png (using cast)
985 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/ui/play_button0.png (using cast)
988 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/ui/play_button1.png (using cast)
990 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/ui/buttons/toggleA20x_on.png (using cast)
992 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/ui/buttons/toggleA20x_off.png (using cast)
994 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/ui/buttons/arrow_down.png (using cast)
996 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/fx/scanline11.png (using cast)
1010 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/fonts/orbitron24aabold_0.png (using cast)
1029 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/fonts/orbitron20aa_0.png (using cast)
1043 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/fonts/insignia15LTaa_0.png (using cast)
1057 [Thread-2] INFO com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader - Cleaned buffer for texture graphics/fonts/orbitron12_0.png (using cast)