[2022] Game Crash on New PC, New Install: cannot load files for unknown reason

Is that message coming from Steam, our launcher, or the game? I don't recognise it.  

m4gic_t0e said: I also removed the four mods I had subscribed to, so maybe that was the issue.

I am sure you are right about that, as linking accounts does not change the local file on Steam in any way.