I am trying to create a custom load screen for my DayZ server, and I am encountering a complete freeze and hang/crash of DayZ workbench when attempting the following:

• When I click on background.edds or background.png it crashes.

If I am starting from fresh, and background.png has not been registered as a resource and imported - the app seems to work normally. As soon as I "Register resource and import" - it creates the *.edds and *.edds.meta but then immediately crashes.

I have tried the following:

• Restarted PC
• Disabled as much of my start up apps as I can, turned off as much as I can in the antivirus program I use
• Tried in safe mode but the app doesn't load at all