To reproduce:
close AD,
launch the Color Management control panel (press the Start button, type 'color ma', it should appear in the list),
switch to the Advanced tab,
in the first options group (Windows Color System Defaults) select:
Device profile: scRGB virtual device model profile,
start AD
Checked on two PCs with AD 1.8.2, 1.7.3, tried clean install, safe mode, etc.
This is interesting: if you select the scRGB profile in Windows Settings (Settings - Display - Color profile), but not in the Color Management control panel (keep there 'Adobe RGB 1998' or 'sRGB IEC61966-2.1'), then AD runs well, just with colors shifted to the dark.