Do you know what is the average sync time from 0 blocks? I left mine opened overnight and its 28% synced. Has no one in the world yet discovered the way how to get wallets sync faster (download less data for sync)?
In the installer you can choose expert mode and download whole chain without effort (at last steps) properly hashed
Can you post screenshot please? Thanks!
After that you can just download old wallet from our site, its perfectly compatible and its very simple as you requested, we were extremely careful to maintain compatibility in case some people don't like new GUI; please do so!
EDIT: I meant to post a screenshot of the issues you are experiencing