I've reinstalled a couple of times with the same results. the ini file for il2ge is missing as well.
2020-02-07 09:10:46:471 (dinput.dll) : JVM Parameters injector activated
2020-02-07 09:10:46:471 (dinput.dll) : Applying JVM Memory Settings from IL-2 Selector...
2020-02-07 09:10:46:471 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Xms444M
2020-02-07 09:10:46:471 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Xmx444M
2020-02-07 09:10:46:472 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Xss4096K
2020-02-07 09:10:46:472 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -XX:PermSize=64M
2020-02-07 09:10:46:472 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -XX:MaxPermSize=64M
2020-02-07 09:10:46:472 (dinput.dll) : Checking duplicate JVM Options...
2020-02-07 09:10:46:472 (dinput.dll) : Checking mandatory JVM Options...
2020-02-07 09:10:46:472 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Djava.class.path=.
2020-02-07 09:10:46:472 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Xverify:none
2020-02-07 09:10:46:473 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Xcomp
2020-02-07 09:10:46:473 (dinput.dll) : Final JVM Option List:
2020-02-07 09:10:46:473 (dinput.dll) : -Xms444M
2020-02-07 09:10:46:473 (dinput.dll) : -Xmx444M
2020-02-07 09:10:46:473 (dinput.dll) : -Xss4096K
2020-02-07 09:10:46:473 (dinput.dll) : -XX:PermSize=64M
2020-02-07 09:10:46:473 (dinput.dll) : -XX:MaxPermSize=64M
2020-02-07 09:10:46:473 (dinput.dll) : -Djava.class.path=.
2020-02-07 09:10:46:473 (dinput.dll) : -Xverify:none
2020-02-07 09:10:46:474 (dinput.dll) : -Xcomp
2020-02-07 09:10:46:474 (dinput.dll) : IL-2 Process ID = 00002C58
2020-02-07 09:10:46:474 (dinput.dll) : Starting Watchdog at D:\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\bin\selector\basefiles\IL-2 Watchdog.exe 1
2020-02-07 09:10:46:484 (dinput.dll) : Watchdog process started.
2020-02-07 09:10:46:490 (dinput.dll) : Hooked "SAS_CreateJavaVM" function activated, injecting JVM Parameters
2020-02-07 09:10:46:503 (watchdog) : IL-2 Parent Process Handle = 000000EC, ID=00002C58
2020-02-07 09:10:46:506 (watchdog) : IL-2 Watchdog started.
2020-02-07 09:10:46:508 (watchdog) : Splash Screen Mode = 1
2020-02-07 09:10:46:511 (watchdog) : Message Window Created.
2020-02-07 09:10:46:505 (dinput.dll) : Java Virtual Machine Initialization with additional parameters successful!
2020-02-07 09:10:46:552 (wrapper) : ProcessAttach, attached Processes = 1
2020-02-07 09:10:46:553 (wrapper) : Calling GetCommandLineParams()
2020-02-07 09:10:46:553 (wrapper) : Command Line Parameter No. 1 = /f:none
2020-02-07 09:10:46:554 (wrapper) : Command Line Parameter No. 2 = /m:#waw3
2020-02-07 09:10:46:554 (wrapper) : Command Line Parameter No. 3 = /lb:il2fb.exe
2020-02-07 09:10:46:554 (wrapper) : MODS Folder = "#waw3"
2020-02-07 09:10:46:554 (wrapper) : No FILES Folder set.
2020-02-07 09:10:46:554 (wrapper) : Calling LinkIl2fbExe()
2020-02-07 09:10:46:554 (wrapper) : Trying to link back to D:\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\il2fb.exe through LoadLibrary()
2020-02-07 09:10:46:555 (wrapper) : Calling CreateModsFolderList()
2020-02-07 09:10:46:580 (wrapper) : Scanning #waw3 folder took 25 milliseconds.
2020-02-07 09:10:46:580 (wrapper) : Total number of modded files = 14945.
2020-02-07 09:10:46:580 (wrapper) : Calling SortList()
2020-02-07 09:10:46:582 (wrapper) : Sorting modded files list took 1.837 milliseconds.
2020-02-07 09:10:46:582 (wrapper) : Calling RemoveDuplicates()
2020-02-07 09:10:46:583 (wrapper) : Removing 102 Duplicates took 0.023 milliseconds.
2020-02-07 09:10:46:615 (watchdog) : Splash Screen Created.
2020-02-07 09:10:48:750 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 1
2020-02-07 09:10:48:753 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 2
2020-02-07 09:10:49:035 (watchdog) : IL-2 Main Window created: "Il2-Sturmovik Forgotten Battles" (MaddoxRtsWndClassW), Handle= 0x00020A02
2020-02-07 09:10:49:042 (watchdog) : Activating IL-2 Main Window (0x00020A02) using SwitchToThisWindow()
2020-02-07 09:10:49:095 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 3
2020-02-07 09:10:49:096 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 2
2020-02-07 09:10:49:096 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 3
2020-02-07 09:10:49:097 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 4
2020-02-07 09:10:49:102 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 3
2020-02-07 09:10:49:102 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 2
2020-02-07 09:10:49:102 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 3
2020-02-07 09:10:49:251 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 4
2020-02-07 09:10:49:395 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 5
2020-02-07 09:10:49:405 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 6
2020-02-07 09:10:49:408 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 7
2020-02-07 09:10:49:462 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 8
2020-02-07 09:10:49:463 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 9
2020-02-07 09:10:49:463 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 10
2020-02-07 09:10:49:474 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 11
2020-02-07 09:10:49:803 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 12
2020-02-07 09:10:50:035 (watchdog) : Successfully activated IL-2 Main Window (Handle: 0x00020A02)
2020-02-07 09:10:50:057 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 13
2020-02-07 09:10:50:167 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 14
2020-02-07 09:10:50:196 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 15
2020-02-07 09:10:50:227 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 16
2020-02-07 09:10:50:237 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 17
2020-02-07 09:10:50:255 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 18
2020-02-07 09:10:51:236 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 19
2020-02-07 09:10:51:269 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 20
2020-02-07 09:10:51:298 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 19
2020-02-07 09:10:51:299 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 20
2020-02-07 09:10:51:315 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 19
2020-02-07 09:10:51:322 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 18
2020-02-07 09:10:51:322 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 19
2020-02-07 09:10:51:343 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 18
2020-02-07 09:10:51:343 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 19
2020-02-07 09:10:51:361 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 18
2020-02-07 09:10:51:362 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 19
2020-02-07 09:10:51:391 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 18
2020-02-07 09:10:51:392 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 19
2020-02-07 09:10:51:441 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 18
2020-02-07 09:11:07:020 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 19
2020-02-07 09:11:17:789 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 20
2020-02-07 09:11:17:793 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 19
2020-02-07 09:11:19:804 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 18
2020-02-07 09:11:55:432 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 19
2020-02-07 09:11:55:449 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 18
2020-02-07 09:11:59:727 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 19
2020-02-07 09:11:59:729 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 18
2020-02-07 09:22:06:796 (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads = 19
2020-02-07 09:22:06:806 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 18
2020-02-07 09:22:11:636 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 17
2020-02-07 09:22:11:643 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 16
2020-02-07 09:22:11:643 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 15
2020-02-07 09:22:11:644 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 14
2020-02-07 09:22:12:004 (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads = 13
2020-02-07 09:22:12:008 (watchdog) : IL-2 Main Window destroyed: "Il2-Sturmovik Forgotten Battles" (MaddoxRtsWndClassW), Handle= 0x00020A02
2020-02-07 09:22:12:011 (watchdog) : IL-2 main window (handle 0x00020A02) disappeared, checking process status.
2020-02-07 09:22:12:102 (wrapper) : ProcessDetach, attached Processes = 0
2020-02-07 09:22:12:103 (wrapper) : Total files opened = 242119
2020-02-07 09:22:12:103 (wrapper) : Total search time consumed = 5.878 milliseconds (0.005877558142 Seconds)
2020-02-07 09:22:12:103 (wrapper) : Search Time per File = 24.275 nanoseconds (0.000000024275 Seconds)
2020-02-07 09:22:12:103 (wrapper) : Average Search Iterations required per File = 8.9
2020-02-07 09:22:12:107 (dinput.dll) : JVM Parameters injector deactivated