Eeschema does not start (kicad 5.1.8)

[paulvdh]

First Edit your first post (by clicking on the pencil icon, and then add the full version info from: KiCad / Help / About / Copy Version Info and paste it below your post.

Recently there was a post with an issue that looks a lot like yours:

5.1.8: Eeschema crash

Hi. I’ve been using KiCad for a while. I just upgraded to v5.1.8_1, on Windows, and am no longer able to open the Eeschema schematic editor. The other components work. When I the schematic button from the main KiCad window, it opens a window with Project Rescue Helper at the top, two blank wide text fields, and below that, 2 images of a symbol. This window is frozen, shows a spinny wheel, and upon attempting to exit it KiCad crashes to desktop. Thoughts? Do I need to roll back to an old version…

Is it the same, or does it just look similar?
His workaround was to go back to KiCad V5.1.7.