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Technology Stocks : Windows 7
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To: stock bull who wrote (52)6/19/2009 8:05:35 PM
From: PMS Witch  Read Replies (1) of 152
 
If I try to run a 16-bit program on 64-bit Windows 7, a small window opens with this message. . .

"The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you need an x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher."

If I copy this program to a Windows 7 Virtual PC running Windows XP, it runs. If I put a shortcut to this program into the shared program area of my Virtual XP Start Menu, the shortcut automatically appears in my Windows 7 Start Menu as well.

Clicking this shortcut in Windows 7 executes the program as if it was a legitimate 32-bit (or 64-bit) program running in Windows 7. The Virtual XP does not appear: it just runs the program.

Now, for your question. . .

64-Bit Windows 7 will run 32-bit software.

The trouble comes when 32-bit softare comes with a 16-bit installation package. Even though the software will run, there's no way of installing it.

One would think that with 64-bit systems being available for a few years now, all developers would've upgraded their installation routines. Unfortunately, not all have.

Cheers, PW.

P.S. 64-bit Windows 7 comes with both a 32-bit and a 64-bit copy of Internet Explorer 8 since some sites "choke" on the 64-bit version.
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