Machiavellia

So I downloaded 1.4 and I now I can't play galci2 since I need to activate my game and everytime I try I get the whole this program is not responding, sorry for the inconveince message from Windows. anthing that I can do?

1. Do I really need stardock central? What's the point to it? 2. Where do I save 1.4? thanks in advance.

As soon as I put the game into my drive, a message automatically pops up saying that GC2launch has encountered a problem and needs to close. What should I do?