Thank you, that config fixed it. The stand alone version hadn't even created the folder and I replaced the config in the steam version as well and it worked.
I can attach the config from the steam version if you want it.

I downloaded a non-steam version to eliminate steam entirely. Discord is not running and I disconnected the second screen. 0.002 2019-06-04 13:59:47; Factorio 0.17.45 (build 45219, win64, alpha) 0.002 Operating system: Windows 10 (version 1803) 0.002 Program arguments: "D:\Games\Factorio_x64_0....

[0.17.45] I've been trying to start the Experimental every so many updates and I noticed an addition to the crash log. 0.003 2019-06-03 20:56:08; Factorio 0.17.45 (build 45219, win64, steam) 0.003 Operating system: Windows 10 (version 1803) 0.003 Program arguments: "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam...

I am unsure whether this should be a new bug report as it occurs differently to Original Post. [0.17.2] When I launch Factorio through steam and the stand-alone client the window starts black and I get as an error message: Swap Buffers failed IDXGISwapChanin::Present error: Unknown D3D Error (0x8876...