photoshop 7.0

[johnny nice]

I have a 64bit system with windows 7 home premium/1.5tb hd/ 6gb ram
I would like to have my photoshop 7 32 bit work on this pc??

 

[mickey megabyte]

hi johnny nice, and welcome to sevenforums,

photoshop 7? that was released in 2002 i believe.

it may work if you run the installer and the subsequent installed program in xp compatibility mode.

right-click on the installer (then the program) >> compatibility tab >> tick the first box and chose xp

 

[bbinnard]

It works OK. I ran Photoshop 7 for quite a while on my Win7-64 system with no problems. I recently switched to V9 (I skip alternate versions) and that runs fine too.

 

[mickey megabyte]

did you need compat mode?

 

[bbinnard]

did you need compat mode?

No. I just did a normal install. My single user account has admin. privileges but I don't think this matters.

 

[johnny nice]

hi johnny nice, and welcome to sevenforums,

photoshop 7? that was released in 2002 i believe.

it may work if you run the installer and the subsequent installed program in xp compatibility mode.

right-click on the installer (then the program) >> compatibility tab >> tick the first box and chose xp

tried it and it didn't work. anything else to try?
johnny nice

 

[johnny nice]

Hi
tried it , no good. anything else?
thanks anyway
Johnnynice

 

[johnny nice]

It works OK. I ran Photoshop 7 for quite a while on my Win7-64 system with no problems. I recently switched to V9 (I skip alternate versions) and that runs fine too.

I tried compat mode in xp but to no avail. do u have something else?
johnnynice

 

[seavixen32]

It would mean spending some more money, but you could use Windows Anytime Upgrade from Home Premium to Professional, and then use Virtual PC to install XP Mode, which will let you install Photoshop 7.

http://emea.microsoftstore.com/UK/e...pgrade?tduid=d16961599482800e18932165a83d596c

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/products/features/windows-xp-mode

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I'm quite surprised BBinard got Photoshop 7 to install on 64-bit.

I thought that Photoshop versions prior to CS2 had 16-bit installer programs that would not run on 64-bit Windows. I know that I was not able to install Photoshop 4.0 on Windows 7 64-bit. I was forced to get a newer version of Photoshop because I did not want to get involved with virtual machines or XP mode.

I think I googled an involved workaround to install old Photoshop versions on 64-bit, but it required 3rd party software that I did not want to use.

 

[mickey megabyte]

lets hope bbinnard comes back with some more help...

 

[johnny nice]

it would mean spending some more money, but you could use windows anytime upgrade from home premium to professional, and then use virtual pc to install xp mode, which will let you install photoshop 7.

Windows Anytime Upgrade - Buy and download today or have it delivered from Microsoft Store UK

Windows XP Mode - Windows 7 features - Microsoft Windows

hi seavixen
sounds like i might have to upgrade to windows 7 pro. Thanks for the input. I was trying to get away without going for the xtra money, but i guess not.
Johnnynice

 

[mickey megabyte]

before you 'splash the cash' try installing as admin - right-click >> properties >> compatibility >> run as admin.

or use some alternative to photoshop, such as paint.net maybe

 

[seavixen32]

it would mean spending some more money, but you could use windows anytime upgrade from home premium to professional, and then use virtual pc to install xp mode, which will let you install photoshop 7.

Windows Anytime Upgrade - Buy and download today or have it delivered from Microsoft Store UK

Windows XP Mode - Windows 7 features - Microsoft Windows

hi seavixen
sounds like i might have to upgrade to windows 7 pro. Thanks for the input. I was trying to get away without going for the xtra money, but i guess not.
Johnnynice

I tried Photoshop 7 on Win 7 64-bit when it was first released and it was a no-go, which was why I suggested the upgrade and XP Mode.

 

[johnny nice]

before you 'splash the cash' try installing as admin - right-click >> properties >> compatibility >> run as admin.

Or use some alternative to photoshop, such as paint.net maybe

thanks, i'll try it.
'johnnynice

 

[bbinnard]

Sorry guys, it's been a while since I upgraded to the current version of Elements and I just don't recall doing anything special to get it to run on Win7-64 Home Premium.

I do agree that Paint.net would be a good alternative.