Forums Feature Suggestions mIRC is too difficult to setup for new users.

I agree that there is room for simplification, but this also sounds like you're dealing with people who have little experience with native Windows software and the only buttons they usually click are for liking.
I don't want to judge this development too harshly, it's just a shame that mIRC has to suffer for it.

A wizard might actually be the easiest solution to avoid reworking the option dialogs.