Machinarium won't run on Win 8.1

[OldGuy]

All the talk I've read was it would run on Win 8.1  No, it won't.   Screen is WAY off center.  I unlock and open the book with the key but I cannot close the book.  Could be something is not appearing on the screen that will allow me to close, or get the book off the screen so I can, you know, actually play the game.  Oh well, not the first $10 I've wasted. 

[Alex]

Quoting from here:

"If you're having trouble running an app that worked in a previous version of Windows, you might be able to run it in compatibility mode. For more info, go to Make older programs compatible with this version of Windows."  

Hope this helps.