Figured that out: I was running the installers from a network drive, and Windows 7 only pretended it was running in compatibility mode. On right-click, properties, compatibility tab, there was a prompt that said compatibility mode could not be set on a network drive. I copied to C:\ and the installers ran.
Bill On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Bill Downall < bdown...@downallconsulting.com> wrote: > I saved this earlier thread, and over this past weekend upgraded from XP to > Windows 7. I cannot install the Witango Dev Studio 5.5.8. I am using Program > Compatibility, Windows XP SP3, run as administrator on the Studio installer. > W7's "Test compatibility" "Start the program..." shows the Witango splash > screen, then says "The version of Windows you are running is not supported." > > > What did you do differently, Robert? > > Bill > > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Robert Shubert <rshub...@tronics.com>wrote: > >> I downloaded the Witango 5.5 for Windows installers directly from >> www.witango.com (5.5.8 and 5.5.20) >> >> >> >> In both cases, the only real issue I had was that I needed to execute the >> installer in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode. >> >> >> >> The studio seems to run fine. I have not spent a lot of time programming >> with it, but I did already notice a few graphical and interaction problems >> as you might expect since the studio is using very old Windows calls. I was >> able to load an ODBC data source. I did not attempt to load COM objects. >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
