setting compatible mode to win7 and running as admin doesn't help... tried all the basic stuff before posting here

Been waiting for the game to come down to a reasonable price or for STEAM to feature it in one of their super nutz sales..

If this trainer will work in the demo it just might pry me loose enough not to wait.

They usually suggest trying these and clearing your cache might help too. Then relaunch the game and trainer and try again.

What little I know of the difference between Windows 7 and 8 those would be the only things I could think of doing too.

If it still crashes they may have to look at walking you through different presetup steps since most of the newer trainers are supposed to be compatible with 7 and 8.

Good luck.