DSL Stops Working

[rnifnuf]

Hello and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH to you.

As if the Compressor Arena and Ocean Platform crashing wasn't bad enough, now the WHOLE GAME stopped working!

The game starts at the screen with all of the logos. It stays there for some time before crashing! NNNNNNNNGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! 
This has happened TWICE. The first time, I closed the game at the bot repair screen during an event. The second time this happened, I closed the battle in an event with Alt+F4.
I still have both folders on my flash drive. Neither of them can run DSL.
No other files have been affected by this event.
What do I do to fix these games?

Potentially helpful info:
OS: Windows 7 Pro SP1 (I don't know why I got Win 7 Pro; Don't ask questions)
DSL Version: 2.1, Downloaded from the RA2 Wiki

[Trovaner]

Is it a not responding message that you are getting? RA2 tends to do that in windows 7 and 8 when there are a lot of files being loaded (hence why DSL users tend to see it more often). This message goes away and lets you play if you continue to wait.

If you are getting a Runtime Error than it is something more serious. This is usually caused by having a syntax error in one of the PY files but it could also mean a number of other things. Usually, reinstalling the whole game fixes these issues (make backups first and don't install any mods or unpack it on top of an already modded game). It that doesn't work, it is possible that you have a corrupt file somewhere so you'll need to redownload things.

If none of the above advice helps then could you please tell us the following:
1. Does it crash every time you start the game?
2. Does stock RA2 work for you?
3. Do you have any mods installed besides DSL? (patches, AI, Arenas, etc.)

[Naryar]

Reinstall the game after saving your bots.

Saving your bots mostly includes saving your Teams folder.

[rnifnuf]

Good evening once more.

To answer Trovaner:

1: Yes, it crashes every time I start, followed by a not responding message. There is no runtime error message.
2. Stock still works for me. This only ever happens on DSL.
3. The only other mod I installed is the unlimited mass mod on DSL. On Stock, I have the 1.3 patch.

The error says:

[error]RA2.EXE has stopped working.
Windows is looking for a solution for the problem...[/error]

By the way, let's test the Starcore effect.

Starcore is cool.

[Naryar]

By the way, let's test the Starcore effect.

Starcore is cool.

Hmm. Good luck getting starcore to appear.

also starcore

[Badnik96]

Does it just give you the option to keep waiting? If it does then click it and the game should boot soon after.

also starcore

[Sylandro]

Yeah.

also starcore