I noted that when I installed on Win7 Ultimate (x64) that the installer didn't automatically run the VC 2008 redist installer, nor the DirectX updater. I had to run them manually. Once I did so, I no longer had the problem that the OP did.
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Laptop: Alienware m15 (2019) | CPU: Core i7 9750H 2.6 GHz | RAM: 32 GB DDR4 2666 | dGPU: GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB | OS: Win 10 x64
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