Windows 7 tip: How to Run a Program in Compatibility Mode
By Detector | 26 June 2009
If you have installed Windows 7 OS, sometimes you can be faced with the problem of running some windows program which is written for older windows operating systems and it is not compatible with Windows 7 operating system. If you have a program that doesn’t run in native Windows 7, to run it – try:
- Right click on the icon of the program
- Select Properties
- Click on the Compatibility tab
- Check Run this program in compatibility mode for:
- Select one of the options such as Windows XP (Service Pack 3). Right now there are ten different options you can choose ranging from Window95 to Vista (Service Pack 2).