Open the .biq with the regular editor, go to View -> Options -> Uncheck "Compress BIQ Files", -> Save & Close.
Then try opening it in Steph's editor again - making sure you run as Administrator.
You have to right-click on the unit list and click "Reload icons and refresh".
By default it's off to improve performance
You need the framework, but since other applications may need it too, may be you just have it allready,
I hear that you suspect this and that but you don't know and what not.
What are you complaining about?
Are you complaining about something specific, or am I alone?
I posit that this tool needs to DLL injection - as per MoO3 DLL injection tool by Bruihic - ...