SleepyHead 1.1.0 for Windows will not install--clicked on Run Anyway

[Paul Massie]

I plan to.  I wanted to read and learn.  Make sure I had researched first.  I'll probably submit today or tomorrow.  I'm sort of at a loss now. But you'll need the details and data.  Thanks.

[Pete2g2]

Sleeprider:
 
My “Compatibility tab” does not have the box “Overide high DPI scaling behavior”.
 
I clicked on “How do I choose compatibility setting manually?” and followed links to a discussion about “Disable display scaling on high DPI settings”, but again, the Compatibility tab does not have such a choice.
 
I also tried the Compatibility tab option for “Run compatibility troubleshooter” but the troubleshooter found no problems and asked me a few irrelevant questions.
 
I’m not highly motivated to continue working on this, because although the font is poor, I can always use my wife’s inexpensive new Windows 10, where the font is fine.  Again, I’m still using Windows 8 for most of my work, which is an indication of how I hate to do any upgrades, which almost always lead to more trouble than I anticipated.

[Pete2g2]

Sleeprider:

When I download 1.1.0, I only download the one file "SleepyHead-1.1.0-testing2-20180613-9da8b2a7-win64".  Should I also be downloading "opening132sw.dll", which is a larger file??  Also, a day or more after downloading, a 3 GB "Update" file appears in my Download folder.

[Sleeprider]

You should not have to download the DLL files. I don't know what the Update file is for. Sleepyhead installers are more like 10k-25k KB.

[jaswilliams]

Sleeprider:

When I download 1.1.0, I only download the one file "SleepyHead-1.1.0-testing2-20180613-9da8b2a7-win64".  Should I also be downloading "opening132sw.dll", which is a larger file??  Also, a day or more after downloading, a 3 GB "Update" file appears in my Download folder.

Download and include that DLL in the same location as the SleepyHead exe it was missed from the package it helps the graphics display on some machines. No idea what the Update file is ?

[Pete2g2]

It made no obvious difference to the poor font quality:

First, I downloaded "opening 132sw.dll" to the Download folder, same location as the two downloaded files of SleepyHead, including the exe file for 1.1.0.  I restarted SleepyHead and observed the same poor font quality.

Second, I tried to move that dll to the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\SleepyHead, which is the location of 1.0.0 (both exe, including the BrokenGL.  I got a pop up saying the file is already there.  I observed that the existing dll by that name is smaller (15 MB vs the new 20 MB);  I renamed that old one by adding "hide this one" to the front of the name;  then I moved the new one into this SleepyHead folder.  Again, I restarted SleepyHead and observed the same poor font quality.  I left that dll there, along with the hidden one.

That Updates.xml:  I made a silly mistype (3 GB) in my previous posting;  it's only 3 KB.  I can open and read the code;  2 lines are:
       <Version>1.0.0-2</Version>
       <ReleaseDate>2016-04-22</ReleaseDate>

Other lines include <Package Update> and  <SSL Libraries>.  Two screens of code total.
I moved this Updates.xml to the SleepyHead folder.  Again, I restarted SleepyHead and observed the same poor font quality.

One more test:  I created a new Profile, using one of my back up RedMed data.  Again, I observed the same poor font quality.