In my last reply I failed to answer some of the questions you had asked.
When I upgraded to Windows 8 it was not a clean upgrade. After the installation all the HP mdia smart applications worked.
I think something got infected with malware and was removed becasue none of the media smart applications work.
Just a short while ago I tried reinstalling from the recovery application. I did not remove these applications before trying the reinstallation. When installing the DVD applcation I got the message that the definitions file was missing. Is this the MFC71.dll file?