olnorton: First thing: Don't install in c:\ProgramFiles (86)......
Under the Compatibility tab:
Run as Administator & Disable display scaling at high dot per inch See Pic
If that is not enough, you may have to install the old DirectX runtimes. (I had already done this for other games so I don't know if it is needed)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109 Don't use websetup it doesn't work with Win10
Download to a temporary folder on your desktop and then run DXSETUP.exe Then delete the temporary folder. See Pic
Thanks a million for your help here, reinstalling DirectX from the link you provided here helped me out big time tonight!