That works for me!  Thank you, sir!

So, indeed, it turned out to be OneDrive.  At some point, I didn't refresh my OneDrive creds, so Onedrive went into a paused state.  Once I re-logged in so OneDrive could start syncing local files again, QImage came up successfully.  For sanity's sake, I cleaned out all the files in the Pictures folder after re-logging into OneDrive, just to be doubly safe, as well.  TLDR version: make sure OneDrive is logged in AND purge the Pictures folder.

That sounds like a fun challenge!  Accepted!

I've already tried the "hold shift while starting" per your directions in the first reply, also I've tried (also using the shift key) with my virus/malware/firewall disabled, so the only other thing to try is purging the "Pictures" folder.  It's possible there could be some cheezed-up files there since I've copied some of them a few times back-and-forth between my local host and my NAS; I wouldn't be surprised if something got whacked in one of those transfers (but they all do load in other software successfully)... regardless, I'll empty that folder and re-try in the morning.

Just a thought... I seem to remember that "Pictures" as well as a few other folders in a Winders home folder are also synchronized with OneDrive; could that be a potential issue as well?

Thanks, and I'll post a follow-up in the morning.

I've tried what you have suggested, including reinstalling as my normal user.  I still see the same issues.  As requested, I'm attaching screenshots of the error dialogs.
Also, the installer image says: qutrial23-113.exe  I "THINK" I've attached the proper screenshots.

I just downloaded the 14-day trial edition of Qimage Ultimate (not sure of the exact version number) and I am getting an error upon starting the app.  I used the defaults during install as a normal user and I have multiple printers with a non-windows managed default printer (I explicitly set the printer - ET-8500 - as my default before launching/installing).

On startup, I get the following error: "Exception EInOutError in module Qimage.exe at 00AFDAFD - I/O error 362" and the app crashes. 

Am I missing something?  Or, do I need to change some settings to allow it to run?  I'd really prefer to try it out before plopping down $90.

Thanks in advance!