ActivityWatch / ActivityWatch/activitywatch

Error after OS boot: "Fatal error detected: Failed to start embedded python interpreter!"

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Description

- [x] I am on the [latest](https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch/releases/latest) ActivityWatch version.
- [x] I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate.

- **OS name and version**: Windows 10 (Pro) x86_64 version 10.0.19045.2965 (22H2)
- **ActivityWatch version**: 0.13.1

## Describe the bug

After OS boot, Activity Watch shows an error window "Fatal error detected" with this message: Failed to start embedded python interpreter!
Activity Watch works fine on background apparently. The issue is just the error window.

## To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Boot your PC
2. Login user
3. See error window

## Expected behavior

Runing Activity Watch in background

## Documentation
A screenshot of the error:
![Screenshot_2024-06-17_230018_aw-qt](https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch/assets/61637386/cf7f10b9-7bac-4052-92a9-25b7fb02f4f7)

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