Game unresponsive/crashing without error report when launching.

[Meirnon]

You may not use AV software, but windows has it built in now so you could check if the standard windows one is enabled.

You are now required to fully connect your Steam account to your SE account https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...8c16837c5faaba

As it says, you must also launch it through Steam. Did you launch the game through Steam or did you try to run it externally?

I'm aware of Windows Defender. Turning off Real-time Protection does not affect the crash outcome.

And yes, of course I'm running it through Steam.