Lrc showing error205 on opening. deleted and reinstalled but same problem again

[Nicholas5C47]

My Lightroom classic is not opening.  It says error 205.  I deleted it and reinstalled but have the same problem.  All other apps in my creative cloud package seem to be working fine.

[GoldingD]

see:

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/troubleshoot-download-install-logs.html#error205