Game is unplayable due to new windows update. "Active Movie Window"

Upon launching the game, 
the avi videos that play before gameloading now open in a completely separate window (that you can close prematurely). 
Upon finishing both videos, it will give you a Memory Access Violation, and close the game instantly. 

I haven't been able to find a way around this without actually modifying the games code. 
pls fix i cant play :(