Thank you @Julien D_OEHAUDT​, it's been great working with you to provide the diagnostic files. I learned a lot. Thank you!

yes, I was starting a new project and the IDE just got hung up in the middle of downloading some files from ST I think.... either way, it got stuck so I had to force quite.

thank you @Cartu38 OpenDev​, making a new workspace helped.... the IDE opens now. I guess something is corrupt in the original workspace.