Random 30MB update today from Steam fixed it with no action on my part - may forever remain a mystery!

Sorry I should have said this earlier but also already tried both of those - I also tried running straight from the local executable.

Where does Steam store the Options configs? In a local file? I’m confused as to how it preserved this after uninstall + reinstall.

Windows 10 Enterprise
Surface Book Pro
Core i7-6600U
16GB
64-bit OS

Thanks!

Hello, Game's worked fine for years - immediately after last update, I now get a failed launch loop: order of battle: world war ii attempting to launch with the optional parameters shown below " -steam" - Restarted Steam - Deleted and re-installed OOB - Renamed and deleted Settings folder ...