Well. I took the bull by the horns.....wiped my hard drive, did a new clean install of Windows 8, reinstalled SOWGB 150th Anniversary Edition and it ran like a charm.

<t> I think I have discovered the problem. The file SOWGB.exe is not being installed on my computer which is running Windows 8.1. I used the same installer that I downloaded from my purchase email confirmation on on a computer running Windows 8.0 and the file SOWGB.exe is installed and the game runs ...

RedBugler,

Thanks for the quick reply. I am registered. When I go to MyProducts on the Matrix Site, SOWG 150th Anniversary Edition is listed but under the downloads column it states "No Downloads Available". Any help would be appreciated. Thanks and have a great 4th.

<t> I am having same problem as OP. I purchased SOWGB Anniversary Edition yesterday. I right clicked on the SOWGB.exe file in the Matrix Games folder and under properties it shows a file size of 0 bytes. I have tried several downloads from Matrix games and all have the same results - file size 0 ...