PicoScope6.14.62 will not start.

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PicoScope6.14.62 will not start.

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System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Pico.' threw an exception. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
at Pico.Common.AppResources.GetResourceStream (System.String name, System.Boolean throwIfNull) [0x0000f] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
at Pico...ctor () [0x0001d] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
at Pico...cctor () [0x00000] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Pico..GetDisplayName () [0x00086] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
at Pico...cctor () [0x00062] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Pico..Main () [0x00040] in <7095b4e4f6c449579a774296b81c2868>:0
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Pico.' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Pico.' threw an exception. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
at Pico.Common.AppResources.GetResourceStream (System.String name, System.Boolean throwIfNull) [0x0000f] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
at Pico...ctor () [0x0001d] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
at Pico...cctor () [0x00000] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Pico..GetDisplayName () [0x00086] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
at Pico...cctor () [0x00062] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Pico..Main () [0x00040] in <7095b4e4f6c449579a774296b81c2868>:0
x43543-8:MacOS ieb$
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I have been using PicoScope 6.11.? beta on a Max (OSX 10.11) for years and it has worked perfectly. Today when I started it the splash screen came up as normal, but the main window wont render although based on the relay switching in the scope box and the raised CPU fan speed it was running.
Tried rebooting, looking in the console logs, etc etc nothing.
Upgraded to the latest 6 release (6.14.62) which exits with a status 1 after < 5s, no splash screen.
Edited the start script which sends all stdout/stderr to /dev/null and got the exception below. (Null Pointer Exception by the looks of it)

I can't go back to the old 6 version as it is no longer available.

Version 7 doesnt work. OSX too old.

Any suggestions would be appreciated ?

If PicoScope 6 no longer works on OSX then I can use a Windows VM, but I would rather not.

x43543-8:MacOS ieb$ ./picoscope

Unhandled Exception:
System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Pico.' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Pico.' threw an exception. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
at Pico.Common.AppResources.GetResourceStream (System.String name, System.Boolean throwIfNull) [0x0000f] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
at Pico...ctor () [0x0001d] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
at Pico...cctor () [0x00000] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Pico..GetDisplayName () [0x00086] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
at Pico...cctor () [0x00062] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Pico..Main () [0x00040] in <7095b4e4f6c449579a774296b81c2868>:0
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Pico.' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Pico.' threw an exception. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
at Pico.Common.AppResources.GetResourceStream (System.String name, System.Boolean throwIfNull) [0x0000f] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
at Pico...ctor () [0x0001d] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
at Pico...cctor () [0x00000] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Pico..GetDisplayName () [0x00086] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
at Pico...cctor () [0x00062] in <691edf6ec022477fbd491cded845a01f>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Pico..Main () [0x00040] in <7095b4e4f6c449579a774296b81c2868>:0
x43543-8:MacOS ieb$