You should download this game from other places like Game Jolt and Internet Archive to see if the game will work for you. If you're using a virtual machine the game might not work in it but if you're not using a virtual machine I'm not too sure why the game isn't working for you.
Simply put, it will go past the access violation, but then claim an APPCRASH. I got directx 9, i got rid of nvidia, i closed discord, i used a VM, and none of this worked.
Also when I click on link.exe it automatically says "no" and nothing else.
