I know this is an older post, but if anyone is looking this took me hours to figure out until I performed a process monitor and stack trace ... My error was the Simcity could not render 1001 error. I found that it was looking a dll named ddrum32.dll . Once I found that and googled it, I found an obscure post of a driver that was conflicting with the duet display that is a third-party display app for iPads to be able to be used as another monitor (duetdisplay.com) . After I removed the duet app and rebooted, all my apps could now start and run! As of note, I had other app problems too, especially with Crysis not loading, and Epic Games Launcher failing.
Just a note, look for anything, duet or otherwise, that may intercept, hook, or otherwise affect your display (monitor or video card) as this could be a culprit.