- running older programs on XP?
- Posted by otherside on November 5th, 2005
Ive got a program that requires
486 or higher
DOS 5.0 or higher
its from the mid 90's
is there any way to run it on XP ?
- Posted by Alias on November 5th, 2005
otherside wrote:
> Ive got a program that requires
> 486 or higher
> DOS 5.0 or higher
>
> its from the mid 90's
> is there any way to run it on XP ?
You can try right clicking on the .exe/properties and use the
"compatible with" for Win 95.
Alias
- Posted by Dixonian69 on November 5th, 2005
Have you tried yet?
see if it will run in XP.
Also, compatibility mode (as suggested) is option.
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Dennis S.
I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
"otherside" wrote:
> Ive got a program that requires
> 486 or higher
> DOS 5.0 or higher
>
> its from the mid 90's
> is there any way to run it on XP ?
- Posted by Wesley Vogel on November 5th, 2005
Open Help and Support, type: running older programs in the Search box and
click the arrow.
Getting older programs to run on Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...nd_wizard.mspx
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:CD10DF62-8F98-448F-9BEA-CB1C446649CB@microsoft.com,
otherside <otherside@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Ive got a program that requires
> 486 or higher
> DOS 5.0 or higher
>
> its from the mid 90's
> is there any way to run it on XP ?
- Posted by Ken Blake, MVP on November 5th, 2005
otherside wrote:
> Ive got a program that requires
> 486 or higher
> DOS 5.0 or higher
>
> its from the mid 90's
> is there any way to run it on XP ?
Since you haven't told us the name of the program, nobody can answer your
question with certainty. However, the answer is "probably."
Most such programs will work just fine withoiut doing anything special. If
it doesn't work, you can try running it in compatibility mode.
Try it. It will either work or not. If it doesn't, you won't hurt anything
by trying.
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Ken Blake
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