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B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven
B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven

Reputation: 10237

My app created on XP does not run on Windows 7

I am trying to run an app I created at work (I sent myself the .exe file) so that I could see how it looks on Windows 7.

My laptop (running 64-bit Windows 7) won't even open it, though. It opens some compatibility wizard to try to rectify whatever the problem is, but that doesn't work either.

Is there anything I need besides the .exe itself, that I should have copied over?

A team member using Windows 7 can run it (by checking it out of Subversion and running it in the VS IDE, anyway), but the display if "off" (The FlowLayoutPanel's controls are experiencing a kind of "wardrobe malfunction"). But I, as mentioned, can't even run it.

What might be the problem/solution?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 341

Answers (1)

Matt Donnan
Matt Donnan

Reputation: 4993

If you are running the Professional edition of Windows 7 or higher then it will include the option to install the "Windows XP Virtual Machine". You can then run your app as normal under the virtual machine, quckest and easiest way to resolve these sort of issues in Windows 7.

Upvotes: 2

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