Ive still been trying to figure it out, checking my event viewer several times a day to see if anything is popping up there. The only thing of note was 1 or 2 random .net file crashes. Soooo..

I went ahead and uninstalled then reinstalled all of the system framework files. Then for good measure, I uninstalled any common visual libraries that they frequently call on, so I uninstalled all of my C++ files as well just because I was already having so much fun and I love spending an afternoon reinstalling crap for unstable buggy software.

Reinstalled all of the frameworks 4.8 and 3.5 through the system installer, left it to individual apps for the rest.

For the cherry on the pie I decided to mark the config files as hidden and read only. This shouldnt effect anything on the system side but will make it harder for apps to "accidently" delete them.

OK all thats done so play the game again and see what we got.

I was cautiously optimistic for a few hours as all seemed to be running smooth again, just like my first week of launch, and for awhile I thought I really had nailed it. Then after about 8-10 hrs of play, I had my first crash. A few hrs later, another one, then another and another, the more the game crashed, the more frequently they seemed to happen.

Its mystifying as I cant even get an event viewer report of what is going on, event viewer shows no system, application or admin event at all. The game just stops running, the crash report follows, and thats it.

BUT.. on a bright note... at least the config files are not being deleted now, thats progress.