Crashing to Desktop

[LunaticOnTheGrass]

Hello Discovery.

I'm currently unable to get my game to make it to even the main menu. It brings up the seizure-inducing Bloom Effect Discovery Conquest screen with the capships, and then it minimizes the screen to taskbar before a "Discovery Freelancer has stopped working" error pops up, closing the game.

Tried re-installing several times to no avail. I know this is vague but nothing changed (to my knowledge) since my break regarding my Disco files, and this problem obviously didn't exist before then.

Would appreciate some aid.