I've used Scrivener as a writing tool for upwards of 8 years. I had hung on to Windows 7 because as a systems developer and Internet grandfather[1] with 50+ years experience I wished to avoid Windows 10 intrusive practices.[2] I updated from Windows 7 to 10 because my LaTeX distribution, MikTex, stopped it's compatibility with Windows 7.[3]
After updating to Windows 10 my Scrivener 3 install no longer started. I noticed in Process Explorer 64 that Scrivener started but then collided with Ivona text-to-speech processor, then died. I use Scrivener a lot for writing books, technical documents and how-tos, in conjunction with LaTeX on Intellisense Idea. Putting this Q up for solutions because I've noticed other Scrivener users have had this problem.
Is there a way to resolve this issue? I don't need, and don't like (detest) Ivona because I've used Dragon Naturally speaking for too long. I get the feeling, though, that there must be some other way to resolve a software conflict than by removing software installed as part of Windows.[4] Apart from the Scrivener/Ivona conflict, Defender flags CCleaner as a PUA and removes references to it automatically.
On a wider note, is there a "best practice", when it comes to upgrading Windows, that avoids it removing or stopping a user's chosen tools? I've used Windows since the 1985 original but never discovered the answer.
[1] I've used Internet since the '70s on-and-off. With Comcast (I think) I used mail systems in the early '80s. I'm old and don't like to be pushed around. [2] Laws against slavery have existed a long time. Using people's physical->digital energy in the form of keypresses and site information interest by enforced contract seems tantamount to slavery in which all the benefit and reward goes one way. Going further, to enforce a user's software tools by denying some of them, is a gross interference. [3] Shame on MikTex developers for deserting backward compatibility of such a widely used distribution.
