Installing 16 bit application as a 32 bit

My legacy graphics program runs beautifully in XP but has a few bugs in
Vista. I was told that some people have had luck with installing this
program as a 32 bit in Vista to get it to work well. I don't know how to
do this. Can anyone help me?? I thought it would be worth a try even
though I don't understand it.

TIA, Carole

"Caroline" <> wrote in message
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> My legacy graphics program runs beautifully in XP but has a few bugs in
> Vista. I was told that some people have had luck with installing this
> program as a 32 bit in Vista to get it to work well. I don't know how to
> do this. Can anyone help me?? I thought it would be worth a try even
> though I don't understand it.
>
Try right clicking on the shortcut, select properties, then the
Compatibility Tab, then check the box that says 'Run this program in
compatibility mode for:' Then the dropdown box for the OS (Xp is default).
Might work.

Caroline wrote:
> My legacy graphics program runs beautifully in XP but has a few bugs in
> Vista. I was told that some people have had luck with installing this
> program as a 32 bit in Vista to get it to work well. I don't know how to
> do this. Can anyone help me?? I thought it would be worth a try even
> though I don't understand it.
>
> TIA, Carole
>

You should name the program when you ask these things, someone might
have experience with making your particular program work. 16 bit will
always be 16 bit but you could try setting it to run in compatibility
mode for Win95/98 or even lower if the program is really old.

The first thing to try would be installing the program with
administrator privileges. If it is on a CD, instead of allowing the
installer to auto-run find the setup/install file using Explorer, right
click on it and select Run as administrator.

If you happen to have an installable copy of a Win9x OS version you can,
as a final resort, install that OS into a virtual machine (Virtual PC
2007 - which is free from MS) running under Vista and then install your
program into that.

Virtual PC is an excellent suggestion. I have old games and apps running on
DOS 5 and Windows 2.0 running there with no problem.

Buddha

"RalfG" <> wrote in message
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> Caroline wrote:
>> My legacy graphics program runs beautifully in XP but has a few bugs in
>> Vista. I was told that some people have had luck with installing this
>> program as a 32 bit in Vista to get it to work well. I don't know how
>> to do this. Can anyone help me?? I thought it would be worth a try even
>> though I don't understand it.
>>
>> TIA, Carole
>
> You should name the program when you ask these things, someone might have
> experience with making your particular program work. 16 bit will always be
> 16 bit but you could try setting it to run in compatibility mode for
> Win95/98 or even lower if the program is really old.
>
> The first thing to try would be installing the program with administrator
> privileges. If it is on a CD, instead of allowing the installer to
> auto-run find the setup/install file using Explorer, right click on it and
> select Run as administrator.
>
> If you happen to have an installable copy of a Win9x OS version you can,
> as a final resort, install that OS into a virtual machine (Virtual PC
> 2007 - which is free from MS) running under Vista and then install your
> program into that.