On 5/1/13 11:39 AM, Dan Covill wrote: > On 05/01/13 10:39 AM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: >> Have I whined^Wwritten here yet about my 16-bit utilities that do >> not run natively under Windows 7? Consider it done. >> >> Thank you Microsoft for breaking some of my important development >> tools. > > Believe it or not, the 16-bit utilities DO work in Windows 7, so long as you > have the > 32-bit version! > > My mechanic runs a 20-year-old FP-DOS app I built for him. I told him I > couldn't > test it any more because it wouldn't run under Windows 7. He went digging in > Google, > found out how to do it, bought a copy of Win7-32, installed it, and Voila! I > was > dumfounded. > > That is also true for Win 8, although there is something in the setup you > have to > enable/unlock first.
I think I'd run the app in a virtual machine running DOS or whatever OS the original application targeted. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
