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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
Last edited by saville; 11 Oct 2010 at 06:27. Reason: addition