Cutomized Software From Win 98 to Win Xp

[Guest]

Dear Sir

I have one software which has been made in Dos Compitable Language which was
used to run in Win 98 ,but as days changing i have install Win Xp on my
system.But my customize software is not running on the system .It Gives a
erros "runtime error integer divide by 0" so pls tell me ..how shud i do that
my customize software get start up to run

Thanking You

 

[Bob Gruett]

Well, you've got two options available to you.

The first is to use XP's compatibility mode to mimic the Win98 environment.
To do this, follow these steps:

- Drag a shortcut to the program to your desktop.
- Right-click the shortcut and click Properties.
- Click on the Compatibility tab.
- Click the 'Run this program in compatibility mode for:' checkbox. The
drop-down menu become available.
- Adjust the drop-down menu so that 'Windows 98 / Windows ME' is selected.
- Click OK.

If that works, great. It's the best solution. Alternatively, you can
select compatibility mode for Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0 SP5, and Windows
2000.

The second option is to download a DOS emulator. I've used DosBox with
great success myself, and used it to run many programs designed for DOS
through Windows XP. You can download it from numerous sites, but here's
one: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/download.php?main=1.

Hope this helps.

-Bob

 

[Bob I]

If you can't make it run under WinXP compatability mode, you may have to
use VM to run a copy of Win98 or dual boot to Win98, or upgrade the
customize software to a version that will run with Windows NT based
operating system.