Unreal Engine Editor won't open [UE5-01]

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Hey there @KingFar00q! Welcome to the community! If your issue is like this user’s, this may be a fix! If you have other symptoms, please let me know!

Unreal Engine Editor doesn't start, stays at 0% - Initializing

I think I have figured this out, though of course I’m not sure if it will work in your case. Be warned, this includes adding an .exe file to your firewall exception. So I had the same issue as you. Other issues associated with the “Device Association Service” were that Phone Link would not open, I could receive text messages, but not open the interface. Oddly enough, I could not open Unreal Editor either. For full context, I had just finished a clone, from an older 2.5" SSD to a new PCI-E SSD…