Silent Hunter IV will not run upon clicking Icon

[RJBub1]

Hey everyone, I've had a problem with SHIV for the last few months.
I was playing it fine about a year ago, then I got a new MSI Computer. I put the disc (it was with the U-Boat add-on) in the slot, and I got ''You have new apps that can open this type of file'' or something like that. So, I clicked that, and then clicked Run SH4autorun.exe (or whatever its called),
and the installer popped up. So I clicked accept with the agreement, basically did it normal. After its done installing, I click the desktop icon and
What? Nothing happens? It does the little disc loading/thinking ''icon'', and then disappears (the loading ''icon''.) I go to task manager, and it says under processes and NOT apps, Silent Hunter IV (32 bit). I end the task and repeat the process. Same thing. I research on the ubi forums and here, and it says not to install under the program files x86. So I uninstall it, reinstall it in its own folder, and repeated the process of clicking it and hoping to play the game. Again. The loading ''icon'' spins and loads, and nothing happens except seeing my desktop normal. By now, I'm angered. I have played the game for at least a year, and now a SHIV is not working on a GAMING computer. That was when I had Windows 7. A few months later, I pick up a virus and have to reset my PC. After that, I remember about SHIV, and do everything again, and then... nothing. Again and again nothing. My PC also installed Windows 8, on my computer. (And SHIV was working on my old computer on windows 7.) So then I try every single option in troubleshooting. Nothing works. By now I'm thinking, maybe my disc is bad. So I go on amazon and buy and download the regular wolves of the pacific. After all this, installing, the SAME thing happens AGAIN. And I am just furious now, I spent $9.00 for a game that won't even run. Here I am now, still figuring it out. I need help to figure this out, ANY help is very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.