Hello, I am sorry for very late response.

Try to open Factorio properties in Steam Library and set launch options to
--single-thread-loading

Initialization error 01 means that the game failed to initialize graphics API (Direct3D 9 in this case), which seems to often happen when computer is not ...

Anyone have a thought on this? Love the game but hate having to reinstall it everytime i want to play.

Computer specs if it helps from speccy (Lenovo Legion Y520 laptop)

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 7700HQ @ 2.80GHz 54 °C
Kaby Lake 14nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Single-Channel Unknown @ 1196MHz (17-17-17-39)
Motherboard
LENOVO LNVNB161216 (U3E1)
Graphics
Generic PnP ...

https://pastebin.com/5WbYTJgB log after freezing at 40% then trying to open game and getting approx 3 screen flashes then "initialization failed. error code: 01"

So for a while ive played with no issues at all. took a break for a few weeks and came back to factorio and it crashes when i try to start the game at loading sprites 40%. if i uninstall and install it will load one time but if i close the game and try to open again it locks up. after it locks up ...