Installation of an older program (Mathcad 6) on windows 7
I am trying to install an older version of Mathcad (version 6) on windows 7 Home premium. The program was very well under XP (SP3).
The compatibility tools fail. The program will not install and I get an error message on the incompatibility of a 32-bit program running in a 64-bit environment.
Any thoughts? Upgrade to Win 7 pro and installing 'XP mode' will do the trick?
Thanks for any help
Mike o'neill
Success!
Although I couldn't get Mathcad 6 to install in the usual way, I had to run using an old method (that didn't work).
Basically, I installed it on a machine running XP (I used XPsp3), then copied the entire repertoire of Mathcad 6 (default is WINMCAD) on the Windows XP machine. After a bit of spot test last night, I can tell you that it can create, modify, open, save, and print files, which is all I really need. Interestingly, the program also runs the USB that I used to do the transfer.
Sometimes, take you a break.
Mike
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