>>Can vfp9 app be installed directly into 64 bit Windows 7? If not, is there anything out there to make vfp9 (a 32 bit program) run under 64 bit OS? I've heard that you can run 32 bit apps in 64 bit Windows 7, but they need to done in a 'virtual machine' window.......we have unsophisticated users which would find this to be a problem.
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>You should not have any problem running in 64Bit Win 7 compared to 32Bit Win 7.
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>You do need to make sure apps do not try to write to any files in the Program Files folder tree (this is the same for all Vista and Win 7 versions) since Microsoft wanted to change the rules in order to be different.
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>Use the Program Data folder tree for writing.
Yes, this is what we found as well. The applications seem to work fine in Windows 64 with these conditions.
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