I tried a loooot of things. repairing, reinstalling (crash), uninstall, reinstall, uninstall again. In the end what worked was to put all .exe files in the 1.26 folder to win 7 compatibility mode, and then selecting that folder as the driver folder for the ayre in the device manager.
Jebus. But Im now a happy camper again. Now I just need some more base in these lcd3s