XMedia Recode unable to start

[docjl001]

I am new here, a long time user of XMedia Recode, however for the last 2 weeks I have an odd problem where, when I double click the XMR shortcut, the little splash progress window barely shows up 2 seconds then vanishes. Double click again, same results and on... At this point I uninstall and reinstall XMR, which usually gets me working for a session or two, then it goes back to not opening again.

In the last 2 weeks, I must have reinstalled XMR a dozen time at least. While I have a x64 system (and normally use the x64 version, I also tried the 32 bits and portable versions, but they all fail to open after a session or two.

I have searched about this issue to no avail.
Do you have any ideas?

[docjl001]

Update:
After 5 or 6 re-installs just today (and at least as many alcohol beverages), I enabled compatibility mode and lo and behold, I am getting the gui and can use the program.