What worked for me was to run SL in compatibility mode for Vista. Find the actual program viewer (not the shortcut to it). Right click it and choose properties. Click on run in compatibility mode and use the dropdown menu to select an option. I chose Vista because I know SL works well in that OS, but others may work well too. Then Win8 will run SL and ask you if it worked in that mode. Answer yes and it will always use that compatibility mode. If you choose no, it will prompt you to try another choice. XP didn't work for me but Vista did fine.
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