Paint shop pro 7

[jrjr]

Greets!
When trying to set psp7 as default program for, say, a jpg.... when clicking to open the .jpg, or when right clicking and saying open with, I get

C:\Windows\INSTA:~1\[D6DEO~psp7.exe
The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS:0df8 IP:01cb OP:ff ff 00 ff 00 Choose 'Close" to terminate the application

Any idea how to remedy this? I have tried setting compatibility to xp and running as admin but it does not help.

BTW- i'm using the RC 7100

 

[swarfega]

try run as admin.

 

[jrjr]

Thanks, I have tried that too. Added to first post......

 

[zigzag3143]

psp

Greets!
When trying to set psp7 as default program for, say, a jpg.... when clicking to open the .jpg, or when right clicking and saying open with, I get

Any idea how to remedy this? I have tried setting compatibility to xp and running as admin but it does not help.

BTW- i'm using the RC 7100

Hi and welcome to SF

We could use some specs abt your computer, and what ver of PS and 32 or 64 bit

Ken

 

[Mark]

I have the same version so I will try it and see what I get.

 

[Mark]

I just set my jpg's to open with Photoshop as default and it works fine.

Is this the same version as yours?



Oops, sorry I just noticed that you were talking about Paint Shop not PhotoShop.

 

[jrjr]

Hi and welcome to SF

We could use some specs abt your computer, and what ver of PS and 32 or 64 bit

Ken

2.8 northwood core
HT enabled
4 gig cl2 ram
ati 3650HD (agp)
Gigabyte MB
32 bit os

ver of PS?
If you mean paint shop pro, its in the first post and the title..... PSP 7

If you mean power supply its a 600 watt OCZ
not that that matters

Windows 7 RC 7100


Everything else seems to run ok, even an old Macromedia suite I have - I use fireworks a lot too. Although fireworks needs to shut down aero but thats ok.

Mr Grim, its important to note that I am talking about paint shop pro, not just paint shop. I can set .jpg's to open with plain old paint shop and it works fine. In fact, I just looked over the new paint shop and it has come a long ways, havent looked at that in years lol

 

[Crunchy Doodle]

Paint Shop Pro is an ancient 16-bit Windows 3.1 program. When you run it on a 32-bit modern Windows platform, it must run the 16-bit DOS emulator to get it to work. This is never a sure thing. Old software like this may attempt to perform what a modern 32-bit system says is illegal. It may not even be possible to ever get it to run smoothly on a modern system.

I have seen Paint Shop Pro upgrades for under $20 at Frys. I suggest either upgrading to a 32-bit PSP, or try something like GIMP for Windows GIMP - for Windows it's free.

Bye.

 

[swarfega]

I agree with the above, now might be the time to consider upgrading. I currently use Paint Shop Pro X2 which is now owned by Corel. Works create with Windows 7.

 

[jrjr]

Info on my Paint Shop PRO 7.04 - note the build date of 2001. Not a windows 3.1 program by any means, its a Win 2000 era program. I also have psp 5, 8, and 9 but I prefer 7. Looking back I find that even version 4.12 was a 32 bit program, not sure if it ever was 16 or not but 5 and later are 32.

It runs great on XP and behaves as it should. There must be a way to get this one issue resolved for Win 7.
PSP 7 runs fine under Win 7 its just setting it as the associated program and opening it that way that has issues. If I wanted to use X2 I would, that is not the question.

Paint Shop Pro Build Information:
Build Date Jul 13 2001 @ 16:15:07
Build Mode Release (7000404)

Hardware Configuration:
Processors 2
Processor Type 586
MMX Support Yes

Memory / Drive Status:
Memory Load Index 30 pcnt.
Total Physical Memory 1024MB
Available Physical Memory 1023MB
Total Paging Memory 2047MB
Available Paging Memory 1023MB
Total Managed Memory 1MB
Total Handles: 15
Temp Drive Free Space 3223MB

Video Driver Information:
Bits Per Pixel 32
Number of Colors 16777216
DIB Output 24BPP
Palette Size Non-Paletted
Resolution 1680 x 1050

Operating System Information:
Operating System Windows NT/2000
Version 5.1
Additional Info Service Pack 3

Plug-in Information
Total Plug-ins Scanned: 0
Memory Used: 0KB
Filter Plug-ins Loaded: 0
Import Plug-ins Loaded: 0
Export Plug-ins Loaded: 0
Format Plug-ins Loaded: 0

WinTab Tablet Status
Driver Version: None

 

[desertjedi]

Paint Shop Pro is an ancient 16-bit Windows 3.1 program.

Sounds like you're talking about Paint Shop Pro 1 not 7. LOL
I have versions 7, 8 and 9 but use 8 all the time to do what I call post-processing work on photos after I've done all the heavy lifting with Adobe Lightroom. I don't use 9 because it often crashed on me and I didn't find much different about it from 8.

At some point, I'll give PSP 8 a try on Win 7 as I know someday I'll be faced with that situation. It may be necessary to move up to newer version - PSP 7 is getting a bit long in the tooth.

 

[Charles Kane]

We hear you. The problem is that while an old version of PSP may work perfectly on XP it won't necessarily work on 7. Let's face it, XP itself is old and when built had the capability to run 3 year old programs. We're (nearly) 10 years on from there! There simply comes a time when backward compatibility becomes an albatross hanging about the neck of an OS. I run Corel PSP Photo X2. Its pretty good, bit bloated and not everything is useful or works perfectly.
You can do a few things (I don't intend to be condescending but some of these may appear rather obvious)
1: Try Windows XP Mode and run PSP in a virtual XP within 7. If you have the hardware it could work well. There do seem to be some issues with XP Mode but there are issues with everything - may be seamless for you.
2: Use Corel's PSP Photo X2
3: Work out what you actually use PSP7 to do. Then have a look around and see if there is an application which does that package of things in a way that satisfies you. It won't be PSP7 but it may actually do the job as well or better. What is required is an acceptance of change! There are a plethora of free Image Editing tools out there. some are truly excellent. If I knew what is in your PSP workflow I'm sure I could suggest some Apps to try.
4: Stick with XP. Many people are going to.

Good luck

 

[Crunchy Doodle]

The error report when attempting to run PSP 7 is from the 16-bit emulation subsystem in 32 or 64 bit Windows. That's why I said what I said.

Bye.

 

[jrjr]

I did get one step closer. I found a suggestion to use a batch file. Batch file is the associated file and it is set to open psp7. Trouble is it opens the program ok but not the .jpg..... still tinkering

 

[desertjedi]

Excuse me if this sounds pretentious but why must you associate any files (except the obvious .pspimage ones) with PSP? Whenever I install PSP, I make sure that no file types are associated with it aside from the PSP ones.

I find that launching PSP is simply too time-consuming for me to want that to occur whenever I click on an image file.

Or does this error occur whenever you install PSP and go to set it up?

 

[jrjr]

Well, you don't have to associate, it's just easier (faster) for me. When I click a .jpg I want it to open in psp. Png files open with fireworks.... that's how I work is all. One can always right click and choose 'open with' to open with another program but choosing 'open with' psp results in the same error.

I have to start the program and browse for the file to get it opened in psp. it works, just takes too long.

 

[Webadict]

Have you tried killing the associaton in windows, then recreating it after a restart?

Don't know if that would help you, but it solved the same issue I was havng with Acid Pro.

Hope this helps

Scott

 

[jrjr]

Scott, no I had not tried that. I just did however and got the same results. Thanks for the suggestion though!

 

[jrjr]

Any other ideas out there?

 

[ronw73]

psp 7

Just bought new note/laptop HP pavilion dm1 (For travel purposes- have to put into hand luggage on the cheap airlines we have to use in Europe)This has win 7 .

From all the above posts it seems that upgrading to the corel psp x2 has to be the answer.

I run a website that uses a far amount of pics each week and psp 7 has just the right actions for this purpose.. having to pay extra for a more sophsticated programme than I need is an added cost. No sponsors. Same with Office have to use the 'trial ' programme ...Big mistake my other laptops work fine with xp pro.

Can I wipe out win7 and install xp pro?