![]() ![]() All 5 attempts resulted in the same error that the Registry is kaput. I repeated both of those steps forcing W7 compatibility for install, and for W7 execution, in the same fashion. I tried executing that version as Vista, as suggested by default using Troubleshoot Compatibility at the program menu level. Next, I tried installing it as Vista compatibility, as suggested by default by Troubleshoot Compatibility. You just have to test compatibility and re-install if a major Windows upgrade uninstalls your program, which has never happened to me (knock on wood).Thanks for the suggestion, but no joy! First, I tried running the W10 installation using Vista compatibility mode as Troubleshoot Compatibility suggested. I also have old programs from 1999 that still work too. I am running Office 2010 Pro on every Windows OS incl 10. ![]() The software obsolescence tales are over blown. Now stuff that ran under W10 as recently as the end of July doesn't work.ĭid you try to r-click Setup_ST.exe from your mounted install disc and click 'Troubleshoot compatibility' ? This will install it with compatibility for even as far back as XP. How about you?Īny suggestions other than to not expect old software not to run? Over the years I saw MSDOS applications drop off the cliff, then many of my early Windows applications. I have never considered "End of Support", which has been announced, to mean "Will no longer run". I consider "End of Support" to mean no new patches, no developer support, and no user support. ![]() Only the many Access reports I have developed over the years keeps me from doing that. If my older, 3-license version of Office goes, I'm gone. They are not far from making enough of my software obsolete that Linux becomes a viable alternative. "Been there, done that!" The screen-shot is after I had already received the warning and gone through the Repair/Reinstall procedures using the original installation media. ![]() I used MS S&T for quick evaluation of routes for trip planning, and also as a "just-in-case" to my GPS when traveling since I had the version with the (now useless) GPS receiver. My fears about W10 included the fact that MS would eventually start obsoleting older software. Admittedly, my copy of Streets & Trips is aged at v2009. ![]()
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