heyas, guys!

i just updated to windows 10  (and i hate it, thanks for asking.  ::sigh::).  my poser pro 12  (or 2012 version... whatever number that is... from smith micro?)  won't work.

What I Did:

1: i moved all my poser stuff to a new 5T hard drive.  my Poser 12 directory.  

2: i moved that hard drive to a new win10 system.  it has the same drive letter it always did.

3: i copied the Program Data and App Data Roaming Low Crap from my old "C" drive (now my Z drive) to the new win10 "C" drive.

4: i told my draconic firewall to 'autolearn' while running poser, in case it needed to 'phone home' or something.

5: i set the exe to run in win7 compatability mode, and as administrator, and even tried win xp mode.

   i did not try to (re) install it.  ...i'm a bit vague on where my CDs might be.  oh wait.  new computer doesn't have a cd/dvd drive anyhow :X :X  (that's okay, i CAN make an iso file.)

What Happens:

1: i double-click the Poser.exe file in my Poser 12 directory.

2: splash screen shows up.  it DOES show my serial number, so it knows i'm legit, at least?

3: the program starts.  sometimes the wacros missing dll error box pops up, but that's normal, as i recall.
   the title bar and menu show up in ugly flat win10 style.  the background of the window is plain grey.  there's a flat white rectangle over on the right side.  i'm guessing that might be where the libraries open?

4: after about 5-10 seconds, it all vanishes.

  oh, look, poser 6 is working.  i just double-clicked it's poser.exe file.  it says python didn't initalize, but it's working.  or maybe i should just use my poser 4 :X   yeah, my p6 has no libraries.  well, poser 4 is working!  that's probably all i need right now.

but... any advice for PP12?

thanks!