[BUG] Problems since 31/07 patch

[Teppotastic]

Since the latest patch, I can't seem to get Minion to fully load. It keeps getting stuck on "Fetching Global Configuration". I have tried removing the .xml and even uninstalling and reinstalling but to no avail. When I reinstalled, if I decided to Update Later, I instead got stuck on "Initializing Window controls". Exiting out and then updating gets me back to the original error.

Attached are the xml, log and a screenshot of the problem.

OS: Windows 7 SP 1

Please help!