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Arma 3 Launcher Exception Log

Arma 3 Launcher has encountered an unexpected error described below.
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System information

Date: 2022-01-07 20:11:27 / 2022-01-07 15:11:27 -05
Current dir: D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3
AppData dir: C:\Users\Stormbringer\AppData\Local
Command line: "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\arma3launcher.exe"
Version: 1.5.148.470
CLR version: 4.0.30319.42000
OS Version: 6.3.9600.0 (Microsoft Windows NT 6.3.9600.0)
OS 64 bit: True
Process 64 bit: False
Personal dir: C:\Users\Stormbringer\Documents
Culture: en-CA
UI Culture: en-US
Point of log: Unhandled Exception

Exception

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'log4net, Version=1.2.13.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'log4net, Version=1.2.13.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a'

at Launcher.Program.RunLauncher()
at Launcher.Program.Main(String[] args)

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

Modules and assemblies

• mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089; C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\mscorlib.dll
• arma3launcher, Version=1.5.148.470, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null; D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\arma3launcher.exe

Assembly resolution

Resolving log4net, Version=1.2.13.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a

requested by: unknown
not resolved