bejeweled 3 not opening in windows 8

beman36

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ok my GF just bought a windows 8 laptop and she is trying to play Bejeweled 3 and when she presses the shortcut nothing happens, nada zilch...why is it not working?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 7/windows8
Well you did not give us enough to figure out the problem. How was it installed? How old was the program? Was it for another OS? Did you try compatibility mode? By right clicking the shortcut and properties there is Compatibility tab. My guess the program is just not compatibility.

The good thing is you can play Bejewel by this link:
Bejeweled LIVE app for Windows in the Windows Store

You can get scores and play against other Xbox Friends.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sony VAIO VPCF136FM
    CPU
    Intel i7 Q 740 Quad @ 1.73 GHz (Boast to 2.83 GHz)
    Memory
    8 GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
    Sound Card
    Sound System: Intel® High Definition Audio w/ Dolby® Home Theater® v3
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Laptop Screen Size: 16.4"
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 900
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 1TB Solid State Hybrid Drive SATA 6Gbps 64MB Cache 2.5-Inch ST1000LM014; Type: Serial ATA-600; Speed: 5400 rpm
    Keyboard
    QWERTY, 103 keys with 2.0mm stroke and 19.05mm pitch; Backlit; 10 Key Numeric Pad
    Mouse
    Electro-static touchpad (Multi-Finger); Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse
    Internet Speed
    105 Mbs Down/ 10 Mbs Up
    Browser
    Edge; Firefox; Chrome
    Antivirus
    Norton Security
    Other Info
    Sony Support Page:
    http://esupport.sony.com/US/p/model-home.pl?mdl=VPCF136FM
    Specs Doc:
    http://www.docs.sony.com/release/specs/VPCF136FMB_mksp.pdf
Right click on Bejeweled 3, Properties, Compatibility, Run as Admin, Execute in W7 mode should make it work.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    W8 Pro 9200
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Y460
    CPU
    Intel core i3 M350 2.27Ghz
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
I highly suggest you don't run the game in admin mode due to security problems. If that is the case then dump it and buy the game from the windows store.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sony VAIO VPCF136FM
    CPU
    Intel i7 Q 740 Quad @ 1.73 GHz (Boast to 2.83 GHz)
    Memory
    8 GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
    Sound Card
    Sound System: Intel® High Definition Audio w/ Dolby® Home Theater® v3
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Laptop Screen Size: 16.4"
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 900
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 1TB Solid State Hybrid Drive SATA 6Gbps 64MB Cache 2.5-Inch ST1000LM014; Type: Serial ATA-600; Speed: 5400 rpm
    Keyboard
    QWERTY, 103 keys with 2.0mm stroke and 19.05mm pitch; Backlit; 10 Key Numeric Pad
    Mouse
    Electro-static touchpad (Multi-Finger); Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse
    Internet Speed
    105 Mbs Down/ 10 Mbs Up
    Browser
    Edge; Firefox; Chrome
    Antivirus
    Norton Security
    Other Info
    Sony Support Page:
    http://esupport.sony.com/US/p/model-home.pl?mdl=VPCF136FM
    Specs Doc:
    http://www.docs.sony.com/release/specs/VPCF136FMB_mksp.pdf
Your best bet is to get the latest version of this from Popcap.com as it works with no need to change any settings in Windows 8.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell StudioXPS 8100
    CPU
    Intel I7
    Motherboard
    Dell
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI 5700
    Sound Card
    Creative Labs Recon3D PCIE
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 23" LED/LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Norton
Bejeweled 3 never worked in Win8 for me, until the other day I found this thing about a 3D acceleration problem ([Solution] No 3D acceleration in Windows 8 :: Bejeweled 3 General Discussions) and tried that. Bejeweled 3 came up as a white screen and crashed. I decided to try it without this 3D acceleration tweak, and it worked! I have no idea why installing and uninstalling this 3D acceleration tweak made it work, but it did!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD FX-8150 Eight-core
    Motherboard
    Asus M5-a99x EVO
    Memory
    ADATA (dunno what model) 4x4Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon HD 7950
    Sound Card
    Motherboard Integrated (Realtek HD Audio)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1x BenQ G2420HD and 2x Sony SDM-HS75P
    Screen Resolution
    Main Monitor (BenQ): 1920x1080 Sony Monitors: 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    1x Seagate Green 2TB
    1x Crucial M4 128GB SSD

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home build
    CPU
    i5-3550
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    Memory
    8gb Gskill 1600 9-9-9-24 xmp
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GTX 760 OC
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BenQ GL2760H 27inch hdmi; LG Flatron E2351 23inch dvi
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    1x Samsung Evo 850 120GB
    1x 4TB WD HDD
    1x 4TB Seagate HDD
    1x 3TB WD HDD
    1x 2TB Seagate HDD
    1x 2TB Seagate External HDD
    1x 1TB Seagate External HDD
    PSU
    Coolermaster V750
    Case
    Coolermaster HAF Advanced
    Cooling
    Standard
    Keyboard
    Logitech K120
    Mouse
    Razor Abyssus USB
    Internet Speed
    Broadband
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Avast Premier & Malwarebytes
Kind of funny how no one can find a solution for this. I have to boot into my Windows 7 if I want to play this.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD FX 8150 3.6 Ghz Eight Core
    Motherboard
    BIOSTAR TA970XE AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
    Memory
    16GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    R9 280X 3GB Dual X OC Edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S20B350
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900
    Hard Drives
    1 Terabyte
    PSU
    Coolermaster 700W
    Case
    ThermalTake Chaser MK-1
    Cooling
    Fan (x2) 200MM Color Shift Fan, (x1) 140MM
    Mouse
    Logitech M310
    Browser
    Chrome
    Other Info
    Blu-Ray Player, Hot-Swap Dock, E-Sata
I had exactly the same problem with Bejeweled 3 on Windows 8. I tried all of the suggestions like compatibility mode etc... but to no avail. I finally got it to work by copying the complete directory for Bejeweled from a Windows 7 laptop that the game worked on, to a USB stick and then copied that into my windows 8 directory machine, which over writes the Bejeweled directory in windows 8 . It now works perfectly with the exception of taking a little longer to load which may be because I have a slow windows 8 laptop. The windows 7 Bejeweled installation directory has more files than the windows 8. For some reason windows 8 doesn't install all the files needed. I have not tried this with windows 8.1 though.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
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