Did a repair of the VC Redistributable just in case, didn't help. As mentioned, the error literally just says "Fatal error!". If you want the log file, you'll have to tell me where they are getting stored. I don't see a log folder inside the game folder.
Anyways, I pulled out my previous laptop and it worked fine there. So, actual feedback:
The note by the power control says to read the entire manual before changing anything, but I couldn't find any sort of manual anywhere. Is that intentional? In particular, it took ages for me to figure out that low priority is better, so it kept doing the exact opposite of what I wanted.
The timer seemed short even on easy and making sure to do repairs for extra time when possible. I don't think it would be possible to find everything in one run, you need to at least have the command center code already to stand a chance at finding three of the digits of the escape pod code. Hard mode just requires that you already know everything.