Old Win 98 programs never die...

I have a bizarre problem (of my own making)... for years I have been hooked on an old Win 95/98 program called CARDFILE.EXE. I've been dragging it around from computer to computer including a networked Win 7 32 bit operating system computer and it still works. I just drag the CARDFILE pieces into a user file and away it goes. I even have an icon on the desktop and the old Win Help files work! It is so simple and useful, I have avoided updating to newer cardfile programs that do too much and take half a screen. All I want is a simple "rolodex" that I can pop up, thumb through to what I want to see in the corner of screen and then pop it off.

Until now, that is... a new computer is a Win 7 64 bit machine that won't run the CARDFILE! I've never had to restore to compatibility modes on the CARDFILE.EXE ever, but I have even tried that but to no avail on the 64 bit Win 7 machine.

CARDFILE.EXE, at last, won't work. The problem is that in the past, I never had to "install" the cardfile program. True, the 64 bit Win 7 has a 32 bit Program File (x86) mode, but my old pal can't install itself . Is there a simple way to force compatibly without a full blown install routine? Or do I, at last, start typing hundreds of new Outlook cards? Ugggg

Can you run it in XP mode (Win7 Ultimate or Pro)

saville said:

Mickey -

Yep, the sample was the cardfile.exe I've been using... too bad! It wasn't the cost, just the simplicity that I liked. If it ain't broke, don't fix it... hummm maybe the wife can use the new comuter and I could use the old...

If you have Win98 disk you can get it to work in VirtualBox. It just takes a bit of doing. Or you might look into DosBox and running Win98 out of that, and using it to run cardfile or running cardfile directly from DosBox. I never got around to messing with DosBox but from what I see on the web it's the way to go to get 16 bit stuff to run.

I did get my old Win98 to run out of VirtualBox, but then I realized the entire file system was going to be smaller than one of my downloads!! I took it off once the thrill was gone. :)

Ask around in the virtualization forum.