I highly suspect Microsoft Edge to be the culprit. I usually use Chrome but when I double-click a PDF (for DCS docs) it opens Microsoft Edge, so I leave it open there.
I started DCS World 2.5, latest OpenBeta patch, and it crashed before getting to the opening screen/menu.
I restarted DCS, same crash.
I remembered this ongoing suspicion I had about Edge and noticed it was open to a few insignificant Google Docs. I closed Edge.
I started DCS and it worked.
I closed DCS and reopened Edge. Guess what happened in my next two attempts to run DCS... You win! It crashed.
Closed Edge again and of course I could again start DCS.
Nothing else changed, no reboot, nothing. Just Edge. :mad:
Edge also seems to screw up Oculus which stays black and never reaches Oculus Home.
Shortcut target: "C:\Apps\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS.exe" --force_disable_VR
Log attached. :book: dcs.log-20180524-231623.zip