Help! IL2GB Has Stopped Running!

[Trek64Trek64]

I got into the game (fully updated) to the initial screens before launching but did not play because my dog had an emergency.  So I exited the game back to the Windows desktop (I'm running Win 7 64 bit).  I came back two hours later and double clicked to restart the game.  The usually black screen with "Loading... please wait" comes up, only this time the red line at the bottom of the screen freezes with progress at only an eigth of an inch.  Stays that way, so after more than 30 minutes, I rebooted and tried it again.  Same thing happens, only this time I wait an hour (ate lunch) then returned to see the screen was still stuck.  Tried restarting my PC again, and again it froze.  I tried system restore.  Same result. Frozen on "Loading...please wait."  All my other programs work normally.  Please help. I love IL2GB!    I am running RTX 2080.

Edited October 21, 2019 by Trek64Trek64
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[BubiHUN]

Looks like your game got some corrupted files, do an integrity check. Also, I don't use Geforce Experience because about 2 years ago it prevented me from logging into the game. 
Let me know if you still encounter any issues with running the game, maybe we can figure out something.

[Trek64Trek64]

I don't mess with Geforce Experience either.  I just play the games basically with everything on default.  How do you do an "integrity check?"  Sorry, I'm not very knowledgeable about PC technology.   I don't understand why all of a sudden the game stops loading all the way.

Edited October 21, 2019 by Trek64Trek64