October 2012
Intermediate to advanced
1176 pages
27h 33m
English
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Quick-and-Dirty Program Compatibility
The Program Compatibility Wizard provides an easy way to choose and test settings for program compatibility. Those settings are stored on the Compatibility tab of the program file’s Properties sheet. You can use the wizard to change compatibility settings, or you change settings manually right in the Properties sheet by following these steps:
1. On the Start screen, right-click the program you want to examine. Choose Open File Location at the bottom of the screen (see Figure 39.4).
FIGURE 39.4 Display program options
2. Right-click the program’s icon and choose Properties.
3. In the Properties dialog box that opens, click the Compatibility tab. You’ll see the options shown in Figure 39.5.
FIGURE 39.5 Compatibility settings
4. Choose Run This Program In Compatibility Mode For: and then choose the operating system for which the program was written. If the program installs and runs, but exhibits other symptoms (such as display problems), leave this option unselected.
5. If you are having problems with the program’s display, choose appropriate display settings in the Settings group.
6. If the program seems to have permission problems, select Run This Program As An Administrator.
7. If you want to apply the settings for everyone who uses ...
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