The non-admin variant starts and happily displays a list of updates, with DbgView capturing the following:

Steps to install MikTex are as follows: Step 1: Visit Getting MiKTeX - MiKTeX.org Step 2: Download MiKTeX installer Step 3: Run the MiKTeX Installer for further installation Step 4: Select I accept the MiKTeX copying conditions and then click Next.

[12872] [MiKTeX] INFO main - starting: MiKTeX Console 2.9.6941 (MiKTeX 2.9.6930 64-bit)
[12872] [MiKTeX] INFO mainwindow - checking for updates...
[12872] [MiKTeX] INFO mainwindow - downloading https://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/mirrors/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/miktex-zzdb3-2.9.tar.lzma...
[12872] [MiKTeX] INFO mainwindow - 0.99 MB, 13.88 Mbit/s
[12872] [MiKTeX] INFO mainwindow - updating package manifests (C:UsersagillespAppDataRoamingMiKTeX2.9miktex/configpackage-manifests.ini)...
[12872] [MiKTeX] INFO mainwindow - installed 3383 package manifests
[12872] [MiKTeX] INFO mainwindow - visiting repository https://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/mirrors/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/...
[12872] [MiKTeX] INFO mainwindow - repository type: remote package repository
[12872] [MiKTeX] INFO mainwindow - loading package repository manifest...
[12872] [MiKTeX] INFO mainwindow - downloading https://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/mirrors/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/miktex-zzdb1-2.9.tar.lzma...
[12872] [MiKTeX] INFO mainwindow - 0.18 MB, 12.89 Mbit/s
[12872] [MiKTeX] INFO mainwindow - package repository digest: eeb3e5e66406550a7902c80fd376b65b
[12872] [MiKTeX] INFO mainwindow - found 7 updates
[12872] [MiKTeX] INFO main - finishing with exit code 0

The admin variant gives no more information that I had already:

[13096] [MiKTeX] INFO main - starting: MiKTeX Console 2.9.6941 (MiKTeX 2.9.6930 64-bit)
[13096] [MiKTeX] INFO main - finishing with exit code 0

All of this is exactly as contained in miktex-console.log, with no other log files produced.

Windows Event Viewer logs the following application error:

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Error 04/01/2019 16:04:30 Application Error 1000 (100)

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Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 04/01/2019 16:04:30
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: agillesp.eu.qualcomm.com
Description:
Faulting application name: miktex-console_admin.exe, version: 2.9.6941.0, time stamp: 0x5c2cafab
Faulting module name: ucrtbase.dll, version: 10.0.17134.319, time stamp: 0x40b70dec
Exception code: 0xc00000fd
Fault offset: 0x00000000000082f0
Faulting process ID: 0x12ac
Faulting application start time: 0x01d4a4472c7f2b9b
Faulting application path: C:Program FilesMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64miktex-console_admin.exe
Faulting module path: C:WINDOWSSystem32ucrtbase.dll
Report ID: c07bfe2b-528f-4095-9749-f9cac7ae1439
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID: