64bit Question

[Richard Kreiss]

Top post:

This is the error message when I try to run ls.com - old program similar to
dir but lists files with the same extension in the same color.

These .com programs were freeware utilities from one of the pc magazines.

W:\Downloads>ls
This version of W:\Downloads\LS.COM is not compatible with the version of
Windows
you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you
need
a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the
software publisher.


Since one can't even make a shortcut, you can't run it in compatibility
mode. 

It did run with XP Pro.

Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
[mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
Behalf Of Walter Vaughan
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 5:01 PM
To: filePro
Subject: Re: 64bit Question

GCC Consulting wrote:

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kenneth Brody [mailto:kenbrody at spamcop.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 2:58 PM
>To: GCC Consulting
>Cc: '0 Filepro List'
>Subject: Re: 64bit Question
>
>On 9/6/2011 2:41 PM, GCC Consulting wrote:
>[...]
>  
>
>>I am running version 4.0 thru 5.6 on 64 bit Windows ultimate and have 
>>no problems.
>>
>>I have not yet installed a few earlier dos versions that I have as I 
>>don't have any clients who are on earlier version the 4.0.
>>    
>>
>
>My Windows 7 64-bit system won't run MS-DOS programs.  My Vista 32-bit 
>system will, including filePro version 1.0.
>
>I don't know if it's a Win7 thing or a 64-bit thing.
>  
>
hum. Reading this http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff756590.aspx
it makes it seem that it should work fine with 16bit windows programs.
At a bare minumum Win7 Pro and up versions include XP vm to run stuff like
this pretty good.

>--
>Kenneth Brody
>
>Test 2 utilities I have used since dos days, these are .com programs 
>and they are incompatible with 64 bit Windows.  You can't even create a 
>shortcut for these programs.
>
>Richard
>
>
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