I'm having no issues with VFP9 on my Windows 7 Ultimate x64 box. No compatibility mode or VM needed.

>>I know this topic comes up periodically, so i thought i'd bring it up again.
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>>From the MSFT store at...
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>>http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Windows-Anytime-Upgrade-Windows-7-Home-Premium-to-Professional/product/C562285E
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>>... the "Windows 7 Home Premium to Professional Upgrade" says (with an asterisk) that it will "Run many existing Windows XP applications*". And the asterisk text reads:
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>>*Requires download of Windows XP mode and virtualization technology such as Windows Virtual PC. Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC are available free-of-charge from the Windows Virtual PC microsite.
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>>It sounds like those who upgrade from HOME to PROFESSIONAL are entitled to downloading & installing more software.
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>Indeed, but "XP Mode" is the only thing that I am currently aware of.
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>> So simply upgrading alone does not provide the compatibility mode option when you rightclick on an EXE? Instead, the upgrader then has to download Windows Virtual PC?
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>No, that's a misunderstanding, I think. Actually Windows7 itself is quite backwards-compatible - personally I only saw one or two old applications that used to run in Vista but not in Win7 (both of them do not run in "XP Mode" either, because its virtual hardware is a little limited). So IMO there are really not many applications that would require XP virtualization.
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>Especially Vfp9, custom EXEs as well as the IDE itself, do not require any compatibilty mode.
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>(That is, as long as the self-made.EXE does not do any "forbidden" things, for instance using hard-coded paths like "c:\documents and settings", or trying to write files in protected folders or Registry HKLM at runtime.
>IOW, if a vfp9sp2-custom.EXE works in WinXP with a "limited" account, it might quite likely work well in Win7, too.)
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>> Anyone used this for "XP mode" use?
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>Yes, it's funny. It is a virtual machine, just as Sun's "VirtualBox" or the older MS "Virtual PC 2007" would provide.
>One difference is that the VM window itself can be hidden in "XP Mode", so that the virtualized application appears to integrate seamlessly into the host O/S, including "Start" menu items.
>However, the "Windows Virtual PC" virtual hardware is quite limited, e.g. unable to do any DirectX9 stuff yet.
>Personally I still use MS VirtualPC 2007 for test environments, test servers etc., that I had used on WinXP hosts, too.
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>>If a user starts out with the Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL or ULTIMATE, do those versions already have a "COMPATIBILITY MODE" tab when your rightclick on an EXE and select properties?
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>>HOME versions of Windows 7 do NOT have a COMPATIBILITY MODE tab on the "properties" screen?
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>Win7 "Ultimate" has one, and as far as I remember "Professional" has one, too.
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>hth
>-Stefan