game will not run do not buy

If anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated. I used to be able to play this game at least up to a year ago. But now the launcher works fine but when I then click "run game" I get a black screen for about 2 seconds then return to desktop. No error message. I've tried all the compatibility settings (administrator, disabling full screen optimisations etc), GOG and steam versions, running the activate.exe, making sure the wings of prey folder exists in both documents and in one drive document...

Whenever I launch the game I can only see a brief second of some kind of launcher that instantly closes. Tried verifying the files still doesn't work. I know the multiplayer has shut down but I assume I should still be able to play the game, right? Solution: Create a "Wings of Prey" folder under "my games" C:\ ... \Documents\My Games\Wings of Prey...

After clicking on play it turns to the spot button and then goes back to the play button..... And then nothing.......... WTF????

It's EXACTLY the arcade-y dogfighter I've always wanted.