Problems with Med 2 & Kingdoms Steam Version

[geyserik]

Hi all,
I just got the Med 2 collection On the summer steam sale.
I'm running Windows 8.1 the problem I'm having is I cant launch Med 2 from steam.
I had to create a desktop Icon from the exe in the steam 86 files and I can run the game from there.
However I tried to do the same with Kingdoms and it wont work no matter what.
Any ideas how I could fix this problem? Ideally I would like to be able to launch both from steam.
But I guess at this point I would be happy with any work around.
I got the steam version to replace my disc copies for the ease of use.
Any help would be appreciated.

[irishron]

Kingdoms has to be run using one of the four campaigns that came with or a mod based on it. It is not a self standing .exe.
I don't have the Steam version and I still have Win 7 so I won't be much help.
I prefer desktop icons myself.

[ElvenKind]

Maybe it will work if you install/move your M2TW+Kingdoms anywhere else just not in your Program Files or Program Files(x86) folder.