I'm running win7 ultimate x64.
tried disabling antivirus/firewall.
is there some sort of stupid dependency needed? like some sort of .net framework, or C+ library, etc?
All I get is the silkcoin splash window and then it disappears.
Have you tried booting Windows into Safe Mode & running the SilkCoin Wallet?
If that works, reboot & try running the wallet in normal Windows mode.
If it doesn't work, it may be a software conflict that needs trouble shooting.
Are you running any specialist database or network software?
I have seen issues before with a wallet conflicting with a running ODBC Service.
It could be something similar in your case.
Also, which wallet are you trying? The original wallet or the updated wallet recently released?