Just a quick post as I had to install Freeform on a Windows server for the first time and had the exact same problem. For what it’s worth if I removed the template= parameter and just let Freeform use the default notification it works just fine.
Not an ideal solution, and your mileage may vary, but thought I’d post in case it might help…
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