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Thank you for the suggestions. My x64 Win10 Pro machine has DS/DS2 with Legendary mod installed, so I believe that rules it out for running stock DS/DS2. Unless I dual-boot (like I need more headaches!)

On this latest crash, I was able to re-instate the character without issues (for that new local user I created), but my usual personal account (with Admin privs) still fails since the first crash, in two different ways. If I launch LOA (as non-Admin) it hangs after showing the DS splash screen (with the dots at the lower left) and if I launch as Admin it fails with "SmarteSECURE has trapped a windows resource error" or I get an even more bizarre "Fatal exception occurred (can this object be used in this manner?)". I think that first crash knackered my user profile (my Quick Launch bar was missing, amongst other things -- no big deal on their own, but tell-tale signs...)

Anyway, I had another thought: I've been re-installing using discs from a ISO image I got a long time ago (which has worked perfectly on 4 machines for the last 10+ years). Instead, why don't I install from my legit genuine OEM discs? Well, nope, same fails.

So I'll hunt down a no-CD crack and see how that goes. I found one, but it seems... small (6KB), just a launcher that will fires off the actual download, I suppose. Still, makes me uneasy.