ok, here is an update for you and this may be something others are experiencing or design issue.
I ran compatibility mode from the shortcut settings this forced the program to appear on screen but what I was getting was the bottom right corner of the game forced up to the top left of my desktop, I ...

I went into the config.ini and changed it to 1 from 0. This didn't do anything on starting the game. It is still in minimized and stuck. I am not sure what value to put in the preferred_screen-index setting was 0 so logically I choose 1. I was playing with the alt space m option and I got it to pop ...

I tested the demo on my system and it worked fine. I purchased the full game, after installing the full version the game is stuck on the taskbar and will not maximize. I know this is due to it being on a 2nd monitor which I don not have. So the trick that I was told to fix this is pressing alt+space ...