ArcMap 10.6.1 starts fine when I "run as administrator" but hangs at "initializing application" when I run as a regular user. I recently upgraded to Windows 10 from 7, both 64bit. ArcMap 10.5 had been working well with Win7. After the (clean install) upgrade to Win10, I installed ArcGIS 10.6.1 and successfully authorized the license (single-user). When installing I had to provide administrator privileges at the usual point in the installation process. Now when I am using my "regular user" account, ArcMap hangs at "initializing application". ArcCatalog opens without problems. No error messages come up - the startup just freezes. After I click on the installation banner a couple times a message comes up: "ArcMap is not responding; do you want to close the program or wait for it to respond". I have waited up to 30 minutes before forcing it to close. However, when I "run as administrator", ArcMap starts successfully. My graphics card (Intel HD 5500) has the latest driver and I do not see any other graphic card software / drivers installed. The computer at first had only "soft" printers (PDF writer, OneNote, etc) and now has one network printer installed. I had the problem both before and after installing the network printer. I have uninstalled ArcGIS and re-installed. I have reviewed the suggestions at the US and UK sites: Fix ArcMap crashes: https://community.esri.com/docs/DOC-7545 Having trouble starting ArcMap 10? — CommunityHub But none of the applicable solutions seem to work. Trying the suggestion (in "Having trouble ..." to create a log file causes the program to crash right away at startup. Why would things work when an administrator but not as a regular user? I would prefer not to have to run the program as an administrator. Thanks to everyone for your help.
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