PC Crash on load

Hey new user here. 5090, 13900k, win11, all current game worked fine on first use. Had a blast! The following day the game crashes somewhere between 68-78ish percent loading (after clicking "jump in..." from the launcher). Tried the usual possibilities, no joy, missed some events I wanted to check out. Decided to try creating a new account via Gmail login, and voila the new account can load and…