No version of Arduino will start on Windows 8.1

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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I am using a Lenovo Ideapad U310 Touch laptop at the moment. It is running WIndows 8.1. I updated several weeks ago, and hadn't needed the Arduino software until now. I know the software used to start up because I coded a MIDI keyboard with this computer. However, I can no longer run the program; the splash screen shows when I open it but the actual program never opens. I tried uninstalling, restarting, and reinstalling the latest stable version. It still didn't work, so I did the dame with the beta and finally the nightly build. Nothing worked. I also tried running all the versions from the command line. This didn't work either, although there were no errors in the command prompt. I don't know what else to do. If anyone could help it would be much appreciated.

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It's not windows fault - I've Arduino 1.0.5 running on Windows 8.1 x64 without problem.
Try to reinstall Arduino, check system logs for errors (google it, I can't remember the command...)

BTW - I found using visual studio and http://www.visualmicro.com/ much better - maybe give it a try.

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I don't know what you mean by error logs. And I don't have visual studio so that isn't an option.

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I had this problem for awhile too, and I think I know your problem.

Check the file location of the software. Chances are, it is in the "Documents" folder. Drag it out of the folder and into the "Downloads" Folder. I'm guessing you were using windows 7 before, and it is able to run the software when it is in the "Documents" Folder. If this doesn't work, or it was in the downloads folder already, please let me know.

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DoubleYux:
I had this problem for awhile too, and I think I know your problem.

Check the file location of the software. Chances are, it is in the "Documents" folder. Drag it out of the folder and into the "Downloads" Folder. I'm guessing you were using windows 7 before, and it is able to run the software when it is in the "Documents" Folder. If this doesn't work, or it was in the downloads folder already, please let me know.

Well I don't know what his problem might be, but I've been running arduino on a win 8.1/64 laptop with the IDE folder located in my Documents folder with no problem. I do run as administrator so he might check what access level he is running at.

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I'm working on deleteing all the arduino files on my laptop. In the end I just used an older laptop for a while when coding. But I'm going to try that Downloads folder thing.