OK, I de-installed AnyDVD, told it not to keep the settings, went into the registry and removed anything having to do with SlySoft, AnyDVD and RedFox. There was one setting for SlySoft that would not delete, but it was empty (or looked empty). I re-booted and re-installed AnyDVD. When it was installed, it asked for a license or a trial license. I chose trial license, and it said it had found one on the machine. After finishing the installation, the properties window came up. I shut it down, and whenever I try to launch AnyDVD, the properties window comes up, but not the program. This was on a Windows 7 machine that, when I first installed AnyDVD, it worked. I then wanted to see if launching the key file (from an earlier version of AnyDVD) would mess it up. It did. So I believe that's what's causing the problem. Even though I tried to eliminate any reference I could find to SlySoft, AnyDVD or RedFox, it still found something on the system that causes the problem.
I really like your program and want to pay for a license, but I can't feel good about that till I can see the trial run. Perhaps paying over $100 will get a license that will work,but I'm hesitant to take that as a gamble. Is there anything that I missed when trying to clean off my machine (obviously, there is)?