@Nedwardo1956 I also wanted to follow up and let you know that one of the developers, szilardszaloki, is looking into this issue since it seems to be affecting anyone on Windows 7 and 8. If you could check out this post: Brave does not launches, even after deleting User Data - #52 by szilardszaloki, it has instructions on how to generate some diagnostic logs.
Once you have the logs, you can tag him in your reply, and he’ll DM you to get the logs, which could help in finding a solution for everyone.