Installed Morrowind along with MGE XE earlier this week and ran it along with distant land with no issues. After some mucking around with my data files and mods I opted for a fresh reinstall of everything. Now I cannot start the game whatsoever with MGE XE enabled in game. Disabled it works fine, and the resolution stays as selected in the program, but without fail it crashes to desktop immediately on loading "Morrowind.esm" if it is enabled. I've been browsing forums for hours and can't figure it out. I've tried compatibility mode, enabling and disabling the script extender, updating my graphics driver, installing DX9, running everything as administrator, I also can't generate distant land, but that's irrelevant if I can't get the program to work whatsoever. I've used code patch, exe optimizer, and 4gb patch. Also messed with the DEP for all programs involved and no results. I have also tried reinstalling Morrowind and MGXE multiple times. Nothing in my system has changed so I have no idea why it's having issues now when it was working fine a few days ago before the reinstall. Here is the mgexe log.

MGE XE 0.9.10 MWSE dll injected
CreateD3DWrapper -- CreateD3DWrapper calling Direct3DCreate9 << CreateD3DWrapper D3D Proxy CreateDevice -- D3D Proxy Factory OK << D3D Proxy CreateDevice CreateInputWrapper << CreateInputWrapper -- Proxy Keyboard OK -- Proxy Mouse OK HUD init

And the log from event viewer.

Log Name: Application Source: Application Error Date: 11/18/2017 6:04:42 AM Event ID: 1000 Task Category: (100) Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: DESKTOP-QOQF3IV Description: Faulting application name: Morrowind.exe, version: 1.6.0.1820, time stamp: 0x72456542 Faulting module name: d3d8.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x0001febe Faulting process id: 0x2764 Faulting application start time: 0x01d360762c8d26f5 Faulting application path: E:\Morrowind\Morrowind.exe Faulting module path: E:\Morrowind\d3d8.dll Report Id: dbec29ff-c019-4cfc-822f-3c483144b7d6 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: Event Xml: <Event xmlns="[url=http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"&gt]http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"&gt[/url]; <System> <Provider Name="Application Error" /> <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID> <Level>2</Level> <Task>100</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2017-11-18T14:04:42.163094200Z" /> <EventRecordID>7432</EventRecordID> <Channel>Application</Channel>

Running Windows 10
Nividia GTX 970
Driver Version : 23.21.13.8831

Turns out Avast updated and that was causing it. -_-

If I remember when I used this mod I had to disable the animated crates as that would also cause the game to crash randomly I mean like talking to a certain person would crash because of that. I know you resolved your issue I just mention it in case the game randomly start crashing again