No worries, a well-deserved holiday! Thank you, I appreciate the answer.

To my knowledge there is no anti-virus installed on this machine apart from Windows Defender (I haven't installed one and I don't think one comes pre-installed).

I have added the folder C:\Users\Shadow\Documents\My Games ...

It should be already attached as the 2nd attachment - can you see it?

I cannot start the game anymore, the following error always occurs while loading the game. Beta does the same. Please see attached image & the txt file has the "Details" content. Removing the local C:\Users\Shadow\Documents\My Games\Shadow Empire does not help.

One note, I'm not on a regular ...