Problems running an old XP program on Win 10
My wife has an old 32 bit hobby database program that she spent a lot of time entering data into. It's ~2005 vintage, so XP- or 7-level perhaps? It will run on my Core i7 desktop PC and two laptops (a Surface and an old Dell that doesn't even officially support Win10), all of which are running x64 Win 10 Pro, but not on her laptop, which is running x64 Win 10 Home.
I did all the usual compatibility troubleshooter experiments, but no joy. When I try to run the program, the program splash screen displays, progress bar gets to 100% and poof, gone. No other information is available, I can find nothing relevant in Event Viewer. If anyone can suggest a way to collect more info, I am all ears.
Two of the three PCs it works on have Core i7s and one has a Core Duo(!). The non-functioning PC has an i5. All different hardware and display resolutions.
Her PC only has 4G of RAM, so adding a VM is not really an option.
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My wife has an old 32 bit hobby database program that she spent a lot of time entering data into. It's ~2005 vintage, so XP- or 7-level perhaps? It will run on my Core i7 desktop PC and two laptops (a Surface and an old Dell that doesn't even officially support Win10), all of which are running x64 Win 10 Pro, but not on her laptop, which is running x64 Win 10 Home.
I did all the usual compatibility troubleshooter experiments, but no joy. When I try to run the program, the program splash screen displays, progress bar gets to 100% and poof, gone. No other information is available, I can find nothing relevant in Event Viewer. If anyone can suggest a way to collect more info, I am all ears.
Two of the three PCs it works on have Core i7s and one has a Core Duo(!). The non-functioning PC has an i5. All different hardware and display resolutions.
Her PC only has 4G of RAM, so adding a VM is not really an option.
windows-10
asked Jan 23 at 0:15
user1121511user1121511
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You’ve tried running it as admin? Also, if it runs on several other computers why the work trying to get it to run on this computer? Shouldn’t the goal be to recover the information and find a new program?
– Appleoddity
Jan 23 at 0:19
What exactly are "all the usual compatibility troubleshooter experiments" you've already tried, and what happened with each?
– Xen2050
Jan 23 at 0:29
Yes, running as admin is one of the things 'troubleshooter' tries. The data is in plain text files, but it's a craft 'needlework' program so is pretty specialized, and the few modern programs have been tight-lipped and uncooperative as to how their data is stored. By "all the usual" I meant every option that was offered by windoze trobleshooter, each in sequence, also running directly as admin
– user1121511
Jan 24 at 2:31
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My wife has an old 32 bit hobby database program that she spent a lot of time entering data into. It's ~2005 vintage, so XP- or 7-level perhaps? It will run on my Core i7 desktop PC and two laptops (a Surface and an old Dell that doesn't even officially support Win10), all of which are running x64 Win 10 Pro, but not on her laptop, which is running x64 Win 10 Home.
I did all the usual compatibility troubleshooter experiments, but no joy. When I try to run the program, the program splash screen displays, progress bar gets to 100% and poof, gone. No other information is available, I can find nothing relevant in Event Viewer. If anyone can suggest a way to collect more info, I am all ears.
Two of the three PCs it works on have Core i7s and one has a Core Duo(!). The non-functioning PC has an i5. All different hardware and display resolutions.
Her PC only has 4G of RAM, so adding a VM is not really an option.
windows-10
asked Jan 23 at 0:15
user1121511user1121511
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My wife has an old 32 bit hobby database program that she spent a lot of time entering data into. It's ~2005 vintage, so XP- or 7-level perhaps? It will run on my Core i7 desktop PC and two laptops (a Surface and an old Dell that doesn't even officially support Win10), all of which are running x64 Win 10 Pro, but not on her laptop, which is running x64 Win 10 Home.
I did all the usual compatibility troubleshooter experiments, but no joy. When I try to run the program, the program splash screen displays, progress bar gets to 100% and poof, gone. No other information is available, I can find nothing relevant in Event Viewer. If anyone can suggest a way to collect more info, I am all ears.
Two of the three PCs it works on have Core i7s and one has a Core Duo(!). The non-functioning PC has an i5. All different hardware and display resolutions.
Her PC only has 4G of RAM, so adding a VM is not really an option.
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asked Jan 23 at 0:15
user1121511user1121511
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asked Jan 23 at 0:15
user1121511user1121511
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asked Jan 23 at 0:15
user1121511user1121511
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asked Jan 23 at 0:15
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You’ve tried running it as admin? Also, if it runs on several other computers why the work trying to get it to run on this computer? Shouldn’t the goal be to recover the information and find a new program?
– Appleoddity
Jan 23 at 0:19
What exactly are "all the usual compatibility troubleshooter experiments" you've already tried, and what happened with each?
– Xen2050
Jan 23 at 0:29
Yes, running as admin is one of the things 'troubleshooter' tries. The data is in plain text files, but it's a craft 'needlework' program so is pretty specialized, and the few modern programs have been tight-lipped and uncooperative as to how their data is stored. By "all the usual" I meant every option that was offered by windoze trobleshooter, each in sequence, also running directly as admin
– user1121511
Jan 24 at 2:31
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You’ve tried running it as admin? Also, if it runs on several other computers why the work trying to get it to run on this computer? Shouldn’t the goal be to recover the information and find a new program?
– Appleoddity
Jan 23 at 0:19
What exactly are "all the usual compatibility troubleshooter experiments" you've already tried, and what happened with each?
– Xen2050
Jan 23 at 0:29
Yes, running as admin is one of the things 'troubleshooter' tries. The data is in plain text files, but it's a craft 'needlework' program so is pretty specialized, and the few modern programs have been tight-lipped and uncooperative as to how their data is stored. By "all the usual" I meant every option that was offered by windoze trobleshooter, each in sequence, also running directly as admin
– user1121511
Jan 24 at 2:31
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You’ve tried running it as admin? Also, if it runs on several other computers why the work trying to get it to run on this computer? Shouldn’t the goal be to recover the information and find a new program?
– Appleoddity
Jan 23 at 0:19
You’ve tried running it as admin? Also, if it runs on several other computers why the work trying to get it to run on this computer? Shouldn’t the goal be to recover the information and find a new program?
– Appleoddity
Jan 23 at 0:19
What exactly are "all the usual compatibility troubleshooter experiments" you've already tried, and what happened with each?
– Xen2050
Jan 23 at 0:29
What exactly are "all the usual compatibility troubleshooter experiments" you've already tried, and what happened with each?
– Xen2050
Jan 23 at 0:29
Yes, running as admin is one of the things 'troubleshooter' tries. The data is in plain text files, but it's a craft 'needlework' program so is pretty specialized, and the few modern programs have been tight-lipped and uncooperative as to how their data is stored. By "all the usual" I meant every option that was offered by windoze trobleshooter, each in sequence, also running directly as admin
– user1121511
Jan 24 at 2:31
Yes, running as admin is one of the things 'troubleshooter' tries. The data is in plain text files, but it's a craft 'needlework' program so is pretty specialized, and the few modern programs have been tight-lipped and uncooperative as to how their data is stored. By "all the usual" I meant every option that was offered by windoze trobleshooter, each in sequence, also running directly as admin
– user1121511
Jan 24 at 2:31
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You’ve tried running it as admin? Also, if it runs on several other computers why the work trying to get it to run on this computer? Shouldn’t the goal be to recover the information and find a new program?
– Appleoddity
Jan 23 at 0:19
What exactly are "all the usual compatibility troubleshooter experiments" you've already tried, and what happened with each?
– Xen2050
Jan 23 at 0:29
Yes, running as admin is one of the things 'troubleshooter' tries. The data is in plain text files, but it's a craft 'needlework' program so is pretty specialized, and the few modern programs have been tight-lipped and uncooperative as to how their data is stored. By "all the usual" I meant every option that was offered by windoze trobleshooter, each in sequence, also running directly as admin
– user1121511
Jan 24 at 2:31