I was just sitting here thinking....how can I get in to the beta!!
Well...I did two things...not sure of which had the most to do with my success....hmm
I checked the "run in compatibiltiy mode" and tried it...no success...crash on launch...
Then before going back out of compatibilty mode..I "control-clicked" the logos icon and checked the "open to a blank workspace" and it launched and is now indexing!
So....I unchecked the "compatibility mode" and tried a regular launch...and it works just fine.....