hey, im really sorry you havent been able to play. Is the popup installation giving you errors or does it simply not install? Have you also tried restarting your computer after installing the first time?
don't be sorry! the popup installation is primarily giving me errors, it has only asked if I wanted to actually download the C++ stuffs once and I declined bc i didn't know if it was necessary or just some fluke. i can try to recreate the problem and download it and then restart my laptop if you think that'll work!