I have not found this documented anywhere but in XP and earlier OS if you will go to Windows Explorer and search for "compatibility" you will find a "compatibility wizard". Then when you want to load legacy software. This wizard is supposed to give better results than the fix offered when right clicking the icon produced when loading such a program w/o using the wizard. I always do this even if others have been successful using a "normal" load approach. Jerry RUFTR -----Original Message----- From: tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael J. Hannah via Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 8:29 PM To: TMG-L submission address Subject: Re: [TMG] OT-software? Jim Savage wondered: > Is there available software that will allow me to run my > 1995 16 bit Visual Roots on my 32 bit XP machine along with all my > regular XP stuff? Yes, Jim, the available software is XP itself <grin>. First see if the program will just naturally run on your XP. Some 16-bit programs will. If not, then RIGHT-click on the Visual Roots program file and select the Properties menu item. In the pop-up Properties window select the Tab "Compatibility". Turn on the "Compatibility mode" check box, and select an earlier Windows operating system that you think will run Visual Roots. Apply that setting to this program, and now try to run it. If the OS you chose does not work, try another in the list. One of them should work for a 16-bit program. Hope this gives you ideas, Michael The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message