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Old 4th Feb 2008, 03:38 PM
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Default runnig old .exe on Vista?
not sure if this is the problem but... i have a .exe i need to run that was made in 2005 when i right click it says in compatiblity windows xp & i have vista what can i do?
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did you just try to run it? if you did and it didnt work then run it in compatiblilit with xp
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yeah i tried running it when i went into properties run with xp was allready ticked
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I have still dont work
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Default runnig old .exe on Vista?
service pack 1 is on its way for vista, theres alot of hardware and software issues been fixed (apparently)

you may strike lucky and SP1 will fix it when its released
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Thanks That sounds promising. Do you know when it will be released?
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Default runnig old .exe on Vista?
here's a thread about it.
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