Well, it's been quite some time since i actively played AH but i usually checked the new versions from time to time - this was the 1st clean install that refused to run for me, regardless of the option i checked in the video configuration (the.cfg file was of course deleted on each try). The .zip download helped though, although i wonder if it may contain some personal information (and no, i'm not that nosey to even check that, just had a look at the file names).
Regards, az