That is me right now. After literally giving up this evening, in closing Addons Linker I inadvertently clicked that round green "launch simulator" button and thus started 2024 once again. I tried again launching the same flight, since I had the simulator running. Got it started and then tried again to reach the Main Menu. IT DID! More @Wikipedia
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