Mac or PC? Mac version only runs properly if it’s in the Applications folder (RPgMaker is really weird with macs), but if you have a traditional PC and the file is unzipped i’m not sure why it wouldn’t be working for you!
its just a regular PC, but when i clicked to open it, it took me to an options page where the exact same file just popped up, so i opened that, and then it took me to another options page, but this time it had a bunch of files that said like elf.t5f or something like that, so i clicked the one that said Game.io or something, and it said "this app is not registered by microsoft, would you like to continue?" and i clicked "install anyway" but it just kicked me out and told me to try again 😡