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Legacy software
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I have a piece of legacy software that I use for my business that gives me issues under Windows 10. Maybe someone can help me with this puzzle.
First off, this software was written back in the good 'ole Win 95 days and is now out of print. I have been using it on WinXP since 2006. It works on everything up to and including Win7 64bit. I have not tried on Win8 or 8.1 I have been an Insider since the first Technical Preview Build of Win10. In the first few builds, said software installed and ran correctly.
Since about the 4th of 5th build of Win10 TP the software would no longer run. Installation goes smoothly as long as I run it in XP Mode. So I resigned myself to looking for new software once I get all new Win10 boxes, and then the following happens:
I have one Win7 machine at work that I finally get around to upgrading to Win10 (cause it's free, so why not?). It's an HP, like all my other boxes at the shop) so I have to do the Nvidia GeForce video driver workaround, Fine. Done. Keep in mind that this was not a clean install but rather an upgrade. I kept all of my programs, settings, and personal info intact.
So, now the program open up and runs pretty smoothly, BUT, when I try to link it to my database, It does not give me the option to select a shared drive, only local. I run a peer to peer network and I have been accessing a shared drive with this software on everything up to and including Win7.
BTW, It upgraded to Windows 10 Home, not Enterprise.
Any of you Gurus have any clues for me? That would be awesome!