Hey, can you check one more time that your startup.log is empty (ensure that the the application is not currently running/attempting to run)? Also, can you verify that you have the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Update 3 (x64) installed as well. If there's anything worth noting about your Windows installation (e.g. you use a special theme, have certain features explicitly disabled, interesting resolution, or refresh rate) please let me know.
The only way that I can see for the file to be created (and empty) and the application exits the way that you described is for windows to kill the app due to a missing dependency (e.g. shared library). In the case where windows kills the app, it would typically display a message box indicating the that something was missing.
Anyway, I just want to offer up some additional information to get you working; however, I would completely understand if you were done trying to get this to work on your machine. Keep me posted if you have any new information and thank you again for downloading, attempting to play, and your feedback thus far.