v5.1.5 Eeschema crashes on first opening after installation (lp:#1854593)

Original report created by der.ule (u-estrada)

I installed v5.1.5 today, unfortunately when I tried to open Eeschema it
crashes every time, this is similar to my previous reported bug:

1828071  - https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1828071

However this time, it crashes when trying to open a previous project *and*
when trying to create a new project, EEschema opens, there is the windows
sound for a dialog and then the software freezes.

I realized that if I copied my previous settings from the user folder of
v5.1.4 EEschema started without a hitch, I could narrowed it down to the
following line:

canvas_type=2

Having a "eeschema" file in the user folder with *only* that line allows
EEschema to start and be used, otherwise it hangs everytime.

Application: Eeschema
Version: (5.1.5)-2, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.4
    libcurl/7.66.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1d (Schannel) zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7
libidn2/2.2.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.1.1) nghttp2/1.39.2
Platform: Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1), 64-bit edition, 64 bit,
Little endian, wxMSW
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
    Boost: 1.71.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Curl: 7.66.0
    Compiler: GCC 9.2.0 with C++ ABI 1013

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

Original tags: eeschema