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My desktop did the same thing to me- I'm lucky that it didn't break more than it did. Pro tip though - I think you can actually roll back to the old version of the OS. I'm sticking with it for now as it doesn't seem to have any trouble. Instructions at this link if you didn't already know!

http://www.howtogeek.com/220723/how-to-uninstall-windows-10-and-downgrade-to-windows-7-or-8.1/

Just a quick update: I downloaded this again to try and troubleshoot it today. And it randomly started working. Fickle chance!

Thanks for the responses, though! Back to the factory floor with me.

Raaagh! Rexpaint works awesomely.

Edit: Also, my windows is up to date. Just remembered to double check that. And alpha 6 still seems to work. I'd be going crazy if I didn't have my work laptop home with me to play on.

Haven't tried the last one I had downloaded, which was v6. Also to confirm, I managed to disable smartscreen and still no dice there. I'll give the older version a shot when I get home today. I still find it super weird that it doesn't show up in normal processes. I did find that there's a copy of it frozen for each time I try to run when I look in the resource monitor, not taking any more or less resident memory no matter how long it runs.

I actually didn't want to upgrade to 10, but it upgraded overnight one evening and I've been trying to roll with it. If worse comes to worst, I'll just flatten and reinstall seven. I don't like windows deciding what I can and can't play.

By the way, thanks for your responsiveness! Let me know if you have any other ideas.

Bumping this one as I'm having the exact same issue as the fellow above. Running in Windows 10, go to run the newest version, and no dice. So far I've tried running the game in compatibility mode, adding the .cfg file to the \users\ directory, and running the FixIt DLL checker (which apparently isn't compatible with windows 10 ). As far as I can tell, cogmind.exe isn't even showing up in the processes in task manager, freezes explorer when I try to run it, and windows displays an error message about cogmind if I try to shut down after running it. The first time I tried running it, it warned me that it was an unknown file and prevented it from running unless I disabled whatever security measure, so that could be another sticking poing.

Very frustrating, as it worked great under 7 and I love the game. Let me know if there's any other things you might want me to try!