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I don't see any reason for the launcher not being able to start the game in those files.
Does this also happen on all those PC you mentioned before? If so it is tempting to think this is the AV app again; note that the new game patch 1.15 will mean a new ck3.exe so you should re-add that file to all the Sophos exceptions lists.