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Running old App on Win7 - possible?

Here's my problem of the day... We finally get a budget to get some new PCs, they come with Windows 7 - no problems yet. But when installing/using a home grown app (was developed in house by a...

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Running old App on Win7 - possible?

Do you have .Net framework installed? You will probably need to install the 1.1 framework as well. And yes, you may need to use the XP compatability mode, it is actually pretty good.

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Running old App on Win7 - possible?

Windows 7 Pro comes with Windows XP Mode, a virtualized Windows XP machine. I've used it successfully on legacy apps. Windows 7 Home Premium does not have Windows XP mode.

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Running old App on Win7 - possible?

According to this:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/ms788708.aspx tabctl32.ocx should be supported. Sounds like the installer is doing some other important things, perhaps registering other...

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Running old App on Win7 - possible?

The new systems are Windows 7 Pro 32-bit so... Still looking at that msdn link, but the error when manually reg-ing the OCX (tried from the google stage) is: "The module...

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Running old App on Win7 - possible?

I'm guessing that you did already, but have you tried running the regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\tabctl32.ocx from an administrator command prompt? 1. Right click and Run cmd.exe as administrator 2....

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Running old App on Win7 - possible?

Is User Account Control enabled? --if so turn it off. Also, you may want to try starting it with this command: start cmd.exe /c "set OAPERUSERTLIBREG=1 && MyApp.exe" That registers the...

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Running old App on Win7 - possible?

What language is the software written in? I have an old app here that has a similar issue. It's written in VB6, so I just installed the base VB6 development environment and the application works...

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Running old App on Win7 - possible?

When I disabled the UAC I got a different OCX error, another missing file, copied that ocx - I still cannot register either (tried the run as admin though so far only a local admin and and a domain...

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Running old App on Win7 - possible?

Personally I'd say that if one of the things the legacy installer does is make the application work correctly, then it really has not outlived its usefulness. Running the installer, then looking to see...

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Running old App on Win7 - possible?

Here's my problem of the day... We finally get a budget to get some new PCs, they come with Windows 7 - no problems yet. But when installing/using a home grown app (was developed in house by a...

View Article

Running old App on Win7 - possible?

Do you have .Net framework installed? You will probably need to install the 1.1 framework as well. And yes, you may need to use the XP compatability mode, it is actually pretty good.

View Article

Running old App on Win7 - possible?

Windows 7 Pro comes with Windows XP Mode, a virtualized Windows XP machine. I've used it successfully on legacy apps. Windows 7 Home Premium does not have Windows XP mode.

View Article


Running old App on Win7 - possible?

According to this:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/ms788708.aspx tabctl32.ocx should be supported. Sounds like the installer is doing some other important things, perhaps registering other...

View Article

Running old App on Win7 - possible?

The new systems are Windows 7 Pro 32-bit so... Still looking at that msdn link, but the error when manually reg-ing the OCX (tried from the google stage) is: "The module...

View Article


Running old App on Win7 - possible?

I'm guessing that you did already, but have you tried running the regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\tabctl32.ocx from an administrator command prompt? 1. Right click and Run cmd.exe as administrator 2....

View Article

Running old App on Win7 - possible?

Is User Account Control enabled? --if so turn it off. Also, you may want to try starting it with this command: start cmd.exe /c "set OAPERUSERTLIBREG=1 && MyApp.exe" That registers the...

View Article


Running old App on Win7 - possible?

What language is the software written in? I have an old app here that has a similar issue. It's written in VB6, so I just installed the base VB6 development environment and the application works...

View Article

Running old App on Win7 - possible?

When I disabled the UAC I got a different OCX error, another missing file, copied that ocx - I still cannot register either (tried the run as admin though so far only a local admin and and a domain...

View Article

Running old App on Win7 - possible?

Personally I'd say that if one of the things the legacy installer does is make the application work correctly, then it really has not outlived its usefulness. Running the installer, then looking to see...

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