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comwindows-8compatibility
Mick
Mick

Reputation: 856

Use a COM object in compatibility mode?

I have a 3rd party COM component that won't work on Windows 8 but will work perfectly fine if run in Windows 7 compatibility mode on Windows 8. However, I don't want the software to run in compatibility mode, just the COM component. Is it possible?

BTW, it's not possible to get a newer/working version of the COM component.

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 119

Answers (1)

bdonlan
bdonlan

Reputation: 231313

Compatibility mode applies to a whole process at a time. The only way to do what you ask for is to run the COM object in a different container process, either using DCOM (if the COM object's interfaces have the necessary stubs and proxies registered for use as an out-of-process object) or by writing your own remoting layer.

Upvotes: 1

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