Could it be a corrupted download?

What exactly does the message say?

"I removed all the Lenovo crap including the Start8 made by Pokki"

Start8 made by Pokki? Can you elaborate on this?

No. I used Classic Shell that you can DL from ninite.com That worked so for now I am going to start using that as it is free. Stardock is better but they are difficult to reach. I tried creating a ticket and they got bounced back as SPAM so I gave up

So I had quite some difficulty with this at first. I was able to eventually get it to work. Several factors were prohibiting my install, such as Anti-Virus, which identified Start8 as a worm. Also, a couple of our network appliances were blocking the download process.

My resolution was to download the installer and the product key .csv "off the network" and place them on a flash drive. Then I disconnected the target PC from our network, disabled any anti-virus, and installed the application from the USB drive.

Worked the very first time.

Hope this helps.

Also getting "This app can't run on your PC. To find a version for your PC, check with the software publisher."  Using Windows 8.1 with Bing on a Dell Venue 8 Pro as the admin account and launching the app to Run as administrator.

I would like to thank you in advance for your valuable time, help and consideration.

CJ

It seems to have this issue for some PCs. I have tried it on Windows 8 installations with no AV or anything and it just won't install. I gave up.

I'm getting the same error and I'm using Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center. Even when I removed my Anti Virus, it would not install. I downloaded the software multiple times from Stardock.com and each time the install failed.