FreeScan and Proscan won't install on Windows 7

Problem:

Freescan AND Proscan will not install and/or run on my Windows 7 machine.



The install process seems to move very quickly and the progress bar speeds to about 1/4 of the way, then it looks like it just shuts down.



With freescan, it says it's installed and the icon is there. When I try to run/open it....nothing happens. No error message, no freescan, nothing.



I have already tried:

-both installing and running as administrator

-putting freescan in my allowed programs in windows firewall

-turning off the firewall completely (temporarily)

-disabling my AVG virus software

-downgrading .NET framework from 4.5.2 (the newest) to 4 (what the freescan site says)



Nothing.



I'm concentrating mostly on freescan. I noticed the install process does the exact same thing when I try to install Proscan, with the progress bar only reaching 1/4 of the way and then then install window closes.



I have never had a problem installing ANY other program/application on my Windows 7 machine and it seems to be in fine working order, besides this problem.



Freescan works fine on my cheap Windows 8.1 laptop but I want it on my Windows 7 desktop.

(My scanner is a BCD996XT)





Any suggestions would be appreciated.



Thanks.

FreeScan and Proscan won't install on Windows 7