Problem Description :
When a user launches STAAD.Pro, the startup page comes up. User clicks on Open Project and browses to a .std file and as soon as he clicks on Open, the software crashes.

Solution :
User had to reformat the hard drive and reinstall all software from scratch and it took care of the porblem.

Note : This issue has only been observed in a particualr user machine running STAAD.Pro  version 20.07.08.20 and Windows 7 Enterprise Service Pack1. This is a very rare occurence and in case anyone runs into such issues, the steps listed in the following wiki should be tried out first

https://communities.bentley.com/products/structural/structural_analysis___design/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/35070.staad-pro-crashes-during-startup