Age of Empires 2 HD Steam edition Simply won't work!

[Jtom2015]

I recently built a brand new computer and installed windows 10 on it. And for some unknown reason it crashes every time after the Microsoft splash screen. I have another computer that is an older PC I built, that one originally ran on Windows 7, but when I updated it to windows 10, it runs completely fine. On my new PC, i have tried removing all the mods, I reinstalled it 5 times already, and spent 6-7 hours total of googling for an answer.

I was wondering if there was some drivers or software I was missing?
No one else seemed to have any issue remotely similar to mine.

NEW PC SPECS:
CPU: i7 4790k @4.0GHz turbo to 4.8GHz ~ Same issue even before I overclocked the CPU
GPU: EVGA 980ti Hybrid Water cooled 6GB GDDR5
MOBO: ASUS Z97 - A/USB 3.1
PSU: Corsair HX850W
SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 512GB
Secondary HDD: WD Black Edition 4TB @7200rpm
OS: Brand new install of WIndows 10


OLD PC SPECS:
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 980 @3.7GHz OC to 4.0GHz
GPU: EVGA 780 ACX 3GB GDDR%
MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
PSU: Corsair AX760W
Main HDD/SSD: Seagate 512GB Hybrid Drive
Secondary HDD: Seagate 2TB @7200rpm
OS: WIndows 10 ~ Upgrade from Windows 7

 

[Laptop_Nerd]

Hi,

Please do try these troubleshooting steps that may help in solving the issue.
- First is to try and load the PC in Safe Mode.
- In Safe Mode, do a clean install of the graphics card driver.
- Go to Device Manager and uninstall the Nvidia Graphics driver.
- Check Programs and Features as well and uninstall anything related to Nvidia.
- Next is to download and install the latest driver.
- Here's the link: nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx
- Reboot your PC once the latest driver has been installed.
- After the reboot do also make sure that Nvidia is set as the default GPU.
- Here's how: http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2615/~/how-do-i-customize-optimus-profiles-and-settings%3F