Cryostasis Will Not Start

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Well I have nowhere to turn to so I am joining another forum to see if someone who cares more than Direct2Drive or Aspyr will be able to help me.

THE PROBLEM:
I purchased Cryostasis from Direct2Drive and I have not been able to play the game. When I click on the game exe nothing happens. I mean nothing...no sound...no game screen absolutely nothing. When I go and look in the Task Manager I see that the Cryostasis exe is running. I have tried installing the game 4 times to no avail.

STEPS TAKEN:
So the first thing I did was to contact Direct2Drive via their slow online support and I was told I needed to contact Aspyr. So I did this via their online support and have not heard anything back from Aspyr either.

I decided to download the Demo version of the game and guess what...no issues what-so-ever. The game ran perfect.

Therefore any suggestions to get the retail version of the game to run would be appreciated.

This really sucks that I spent money so for vaporware!