Setup Blocked : Windows Program Compatibility Mode

I'm trying to install "Modeling SDK for Microsoft Visual Studio 2013" on Windows 10 Tech Preview Build 10049:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40754
But always get:
"Setup Blocked"
Windows Program Compatibility mode is on. Turn it off and then try Setup again.
Compatibility tab on the setup VS_VmSdk.exe shows compatibility mode is off.  No variation of settings on that tab have any effect.
Is there any way to bypass the compatiblity check on Windows 10 Tech Preview?
Thanks,
Mike

Rick, Have you had any success with this? I'm also trying to run the tfs_VssUpgrade.exe tool on my Windows 8.1 machine and getting the same exception. Greatly appreciate any insight if you were able to get past this issue! Thanks, Steve
Same issue here.
This MS connect thread
is interesting however.
Posted by Microsoft  on 9/19/2013 at 2:54 PM                                            
Hello Alxandr,
Thank you for taking the time to submit this issue to Connect. This is a known issue with Windows 8.1 RTM and it will be addressed in a future update of Windows 8.1. In the meantime, you can typically rename the EXE to get it to work correctly.

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