Ok, this is what happens.  Double click the launcher shortcut on desktop.
Pop-up window comes up and in the text it says..  See the logfile 'C:\Program Files (x86)\First Strike\FirstStrikeLauncher.exe.log' for details.
I check for the log and this is what it says.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "FirstStrikeLauncherPub.py", line 3, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "wmi.pyo", line 169, in <module>
  File "win32com\client\__init__.pyo", line 73, in GetObject
  File "win32com\client\__init__.pyo", line 88, in Moniker
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147217400, 'OLE error 0x80041008', None, None)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "FirstStrikeLauncherPub.py", line 3, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "wmi.pyo", line 169, in <module>
  File "win32com\client\__init__.pyo", line 73, in GetObject
  File "win32com\client\__init__.pyo", line 88, in Moniker
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147217400, 'OLE error 0x80041008', None, None)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "FirstStrikeLauncherPub.py", line 3, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "wmi.pyo", line 169, in <module>
  File "win32com\client\__init__.pyo", line 73, in GetObject
  File "win32com\client\__init__.pyo", line 88, in Moniker
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147217400, 'OLE error 0x80041008', None, None)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "FirstStrikeLauncherPub.py", line 3, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "wmi.pyo", line 169, in <module>
  File "win32com\client\__init__.pyo", line 73, in GetObject
  File "win32com\client\__init__.pyo", line 88, in Moniker
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147217400, 'OLE error 0x80041008', None, None)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "FirstStrikeLauncherPub.py", line 3, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "wmi.pyo", line 169, in <module>
  File "win32com\client\__init__.pyo", line 73, in GetObject
  File "win32com\client\__init__.pyo", line 88, in Moniker
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147217400, 'OLE error 0x80041008', None, None)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "FirstStrikeLauncherPub.py", line 3, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "wmi.pyo", line 169, in <module>
  File "win32com\client\__init__.pyo", line 73, in GetObject
  File "win32com\client\__init__.pyo", line 88, in Moniker
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147217400, 'OLE error 0x80041008', None, None)

I was trying to start it multiple times with the same result, set as admin, UAC is off.

Launcher has access to the internet, even turned off the firewall and tried.. same thing happens.

Yeah.... I really have no idea at all. I suppose you could wait for imp to say what he thinks, but hes traveling atm.