Arduino IDE startup issues

I know this topic has been asked, but I've looked at and tried other solutions and I am still having the same problem.

So I've been trying to open up the Arduino IDE (version 1.8.19) all day, but when I click on the icon it just sort of flashes and stays looking like this when I hover over it:

I've run arduino_debug.exe, but it never gets past this point:
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I've tried reinstalling Arduino, rebooting my computer, running as administrator, and deleting the file Arduino15/package_index.json and the folder Arduino15/cache/ as per this github posting: Arduino IDE can not open !Something must be wrong ! · Issue #10341 · arduino/Arduino · GitHub

Nothing has worked so far and I'm not entirely sure what else to do. Any ideas?

As a workaround, you could try using the current release candidate for Arduino IDE 2.0.

Do complete uninstall of the IDE (https://support.arduino.cc/hc/en-us/articles/360021325733-Uninstall-Arduino-IDE ) and then install the latest version ( try both Arduino IDE 1.8.19 & Arduino IDE 2.0 RC).

If this fails to resolve it, check

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It's working now! Thank you so much!

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