Takes Numerous Attempts to Get MSFS to Start

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Brief description of the issue:

Won’t run MSFS straightaway, requires numerous attempts to get it to run.

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Detailed steps to reproduce the issue encountered:

When I start up MSFS for a new flight, it goes straight to the desktop. Try again - gets to the white screen. Try again, gets past the Asobo screen after a few attempts. Try again, gets past Blackshark (?) screen. When it gets to to the copyright it’s fine. It normally takes about 10 attempts to get to this stage.
If I then restart MSMS, it’s fine. The next day after shutting the PC down, the problem re-appears.
I have re-installed MSFS twice and it runs fine after I’ve finished the installation. The next day, back to the same issue. I have also tried with an empty Community folder - no effect.
The thing is that it happened all of a sudden, and I hadn’t done anything recently to MSFS.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti - Driver 31.0.15.2802

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