Faulting module name: ucrtbase.dll, MSFS can only be opened by stopping Windows Audio service

Bug Reporting Hub Crashes (CTDs)
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Are you on Steam or Microsoft Store version?
Steam

Are you using Developer Mode or made changes in it?
No

Brief description of the issue:
MSFS crashes immediately on launch. Temporarily stopping Windows Audio Service during launch fixed the issue. I can restart the Audio Service as soon as it has loaded.

I’ve already disabled the Nahimic Service and uninstalled the Realtek Audio Driver.

What can I do to fix this?

PC specs and/or peripheral set up of relevant:
RTX 3090, Asus Rog Strix Z-490E

Build Version # when you first started experiencing this issue:
1.21.13.0

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This has just started happening to me! I hadn’t played MSFS since August 2023, and now two months later suddenly CTD on every startup. I saw your post and didn’t think it would be this simple but out of desperation tried it and that worked. Did you ever find a fix?

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Pretty sure I had to reinstall windows