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  1. Member ahhaa's Avatar
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    I have an oldish but legally bought disc of Paint Shop Pro 6.

    After a little fumbling (first try on a brand new Windows 7 machine), I got it to install,
    but when opening it, I get this message:

    Failed to update the System registry. Please try using Regedit.

    It repeats a couple times, but clicks away eventually and PSP seems to open and be fully operational.
    It shows up on the various menus.

    I googled and found some people are having trouble with Regedit itself,
    and for that matter I wouldn't know exactly what to do in Regedit.

    Any advice on what's happening here? Is this likely to happen with most older software?
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  2. Try launching PSP as an administrator and/or in XP compatibility mode. I have PSP 8 and it works fine on Win 7. I didn't even go through the install process since the files are on another partition using XP.
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    Well, I thought I did make myself the Admin, and 7 home doesn't do XP mode.

    This is a laptop I just bought which is 64 bit as well as having 7 on it.
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  4. I don't mean the XP Mode that runs a full XP as a virtual PC. Locate the PSP executable file and right-click+Properties. You should see a compatibility tab - select XP SP2.
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    John, what a pal! Will give that a try!

    ps Would you happen to know if Norton backups are readable across versions? In other words, the backups were all done with 360 2.0 and I accept the current pushed upgrade to 3.0 , does that make the 2.0 backups coasters?
    I am so burned out...
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    In Vista, I had to sometimes do 2000 compat mode. Even though the software ran fine in XP, it still did not work in XP mode. Photoshop 6, for example.
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    Originally Posted by ahhaa
    I have an oldish but legally bought disc of Paint Shop Pro 6.

    After a little fumbling (first try on a brand new Windows 7 machine), I got it to install,
    but when opening it, I get this message:

    Failed to update the System registry. Please try using Regedit.

    It repeats a couple times, but clicks away eventually and PSP seems to open and be fully operational.
    It shows up on the various menus.
    I get the same problem with Ulead Photoimpact 10 on Win 7 64bit..
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  8. Member ahhaa's Avatar
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    paul-
    Thanks for reminding me to add that mine is a 64 bit machine & OS also. I think... ACER still has this model listed as running Vista. Where onboard could you confirm that ? I wonder he said...
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