Kernal wont launch, cant play or even download game

I recently wanted to get back into playing the game, so I went to launch the game. Whenever I get to the start-up however, the game immediately crashes with a kernel.pvp error. I figured it was something as simple as needing an update, or since my computer had to go through a recent backup restore, it may have just been corrupted files, so I deleted the game, and tried to reinstall it. Now I cant even get the screen for downloading the game without getting the same error. Can someone help?