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Does skipping the launcher work for you?
Right click Victoria in Steam > Manage > Browse Local Files > Binaries folder > double click victoria3.exe
 
Darn it, I had high hopes!
I know you mentioned you had C++ already but can you please reinstall it and make sure you pick the most recent version?

I'm also curious which .Net framework you've got installed.