It occurred to me this evening all the testing I have done so far has been with one clip in one project. This is a fresh Windows 10 install (2004).
I tried to create a new project, and VP18 instantly crashed.
I opened it again, it loaded the same project I had been testing again, and once again crashed when I tried to start a new file. This is happening 100%. I thought using the File menu to create a new project was getting me somewhere, but then it still crashed. I have also tried ctrl+n just in case. No luck.
I have no effects on any clips. There are a ton of splits in the clip as I was trying to reproduce the split/delete crash talked about in another post. (I am happy to say I am currently unsuccessful at reproducing that in VP18, even though that was a huge issue for me in VP17. This is however a simple test and not thorough and info for another post)
But now, it seems I am stuck in that project, forever.....
All these posts have inspired me to install OBS and try it out, so now I can share with you in motion what is going on. This was installed on my PC after I had issues with the crashes.