haven't tried running as admin, did a reboot tho
As a side note, when I try to run from start menu, it doesn't auto-close it. Since my mouse button double clicks by accident quite often, this led to the launcher being run three times within one second
EDIT : Alright, seems to work now. I think it has something to do with either one of these
1. Wi-fi connection that seems to be blocking something
2. Accidental triple instance of the program leading to crash
3. Requirement to run as administrator first before being able to run it normally.
Either way, I think I'll use right click open later on, just to be safe