Posted: 5/6/2014 8:31 AM
Post subject: Windows 8.1 Enterprise: EmuHawk doesn't start up
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Dyshonest
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No (visible) errors, it just... doesn't start. It appears briefly in Task Manager, then auto-closes. I tried putting the .dll files in the main folder instead of the .dll folder but that didn't work, either. None of the Compatibility Modes I selected (XP, Vista, 7, etc) worked, and I also tried running it as an administrator. My .NET Framework is apparently 4.0 (or higher) as the installer for .NET Framework 4.0 said it was either "the same version or higher".
Posted: 5/6/2014 8:47 AM
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Quoting Microsoft's website on what Enterprise is (for the uninformed). 
Windows 8.1 Enterprise edition is available through Windows Software Assurance. It includes all the capabilities of Windows 8.1 Pro, plus premium features such as Windows To Go, DirectAccess, BranchCache, AppLocker, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and Windows 8 app deployment.
I've had this issue happen to me with BizHawk (aka EmuHawk) on my windows 8 (& 7) computer it was also closing and everything. I had to install the x86 (32-bit) version in order for it to work. Try that out and state if it works or doesn't. Good Luck.
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Posted: 5/6/2014 9:01 AM
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I initially only installed 8.1 Enterprise over my current operation system of Windows 7 because I wanted to see if it would fix a persistent video card error with another game (which it didn't, sadly), and it was free (they offer a 90 day free trial) so I decided to just go ahead, especially after reading that it was the same as/better than regular 8.1 Pro. By the 32-bit version, do you mean BizHawk or Windows 8.1? I never had an option for 32-bit for Windows 8.1 so I think I'm locked into 64-bit.
Posted: 5/6/2014 11:57 AM
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Did you re-run the prereq installer?
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Posted: 5/6/2014 12:50 PM
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It worked! Thanks. I don't recall having to do that for Windows 7, but that was awhile ago so I probably did but don't call it.
Posted: 5/6/2014 1:01 PM
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Always run the preqreq installer, if you didn't, you should have :)
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Posted: 5/6/2014 7:53 PM
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To be clear: you might have expected newer operating systems to have more features, if anything, so that where you might not have had to install the prereqs on windows 7, you certainly shouldn't have to on windows 8. However, that isn't how it works. Microsoft routinely subtracts features where those features are at odds with their support budget or intentions on manipulating what users and developers do with their systems.