I am posting this to help with anyone having this error. If you have MUMBLE installed( the voice chat application), uninstall it and that will/may fix the issue. it has something to do with some code in the program or the skin. Hope this helps.
this is what the error looks like
Assertion Failed
Program: ...
File: ..\..\..\src\c\platforminfo\PlatformInfo_Win32.cpp
Line: 434
Expression: platformUtilsInitialized
For information on how your program can cause an assertion failure, see the Visual C++ documentation on asserts.
(Press RETRY to debug the apllication - JIT must be enabled)