"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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Hmmm.... progs that won't run under Vista?...... did they run under XP?

Yes.

did you try compatibility mode??.....

Yes, although I can't say I exactly knocked myself out trying every possible
option. I already had the ME VPC installed and was more than half thinking
I'd use it anyway.

if you wanna work on them (just for fun g) mail me!

Well, I've got a solution I'm satisfied with. I already wasted a few hours
on trying to get it to run under Vista. Still, if you've got an idea I
didn't try, I'd give it a whirl.

Specifically, the compile-to-executable option of Visual Basic 3 crashes VB
under Vista.

Everything else works, though. So I put the two programs I'm maintaining in
a shared folder that my ME VPC can see. I do all my development/debug and
so on under Vista then save the entire thing. Fire up ME, do the compile
there, then shut down ME. I only create executable rarely, so it's not much
of an inconvenience. The executables run find under Vista, I just can't
create them under Vista.

Merry Xmas, Bill.

Merry Christmas to you. And have a fine (upcoming) New Year as well.

- Bill