Starting Score apppears before Starting Center does and crashes

I installed MuseScore 3.6.2 on my new PC (Windows 11 Home). When I first tried to launch it, the starting score would appear almost immediately: however, if I tried to change the score or create a new one, MS would freeze and crash.
I later discovered that the starting score appears before the Starting Center does (the blue starting screen and starting center were covered by the starting score). Turns out, if I wait 5-10 seconds, the starting center appears and everything works normally afterwards. Is this normal? Is there a way to fix it?