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Maquis
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Maquis asked in Computers & InternetSoftware · 1 decade ago

Running an old Windows 3.1 game on Vista?

I have an older game called Smart Games Puzzle Challenge. It was for Windows 3.1 and I'd like to run it on Vista, but I can't even install it.

I tried running setup.exe in compatibility mode but even under all options,got the error "The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running....."

I was able to run this game under XP, but since buying a new computer with Vista, it won't install. Any ideas?

Update:

Thanks for the answer, but it isn't helping. I don't have a copy of Windows XP or any other O/S. They all came installed directly on the PCs which I no longer own.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    If the compatibility mode doesn't work for you and you really want to play this game, then you can install Virtual PC 2007 on your Vista so that you can deploy a Windows XP as a Virtual Machine. (It will run inside Vista).

    Virtual PC 2007:

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fa...

    See this tutorial to Run Windows XP inside Vista with Virtual PC:

    http://lifehacker.com/238071/geek-to-live--run-win...

    and then you have to copy your program to inside Windows XP machine and install it from there.

  • eolanda
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    shop the previous pc! set up a cabling gadget with a KVM swap (Keyboard/video/mouse), so as for you to use the comparable Keyboard/video/mouse for 2 different gadget gadgets. I easily have some previous 386 bits I plan to rebuild to play DOS and 3.a million video games, i'm going to additionally fix a Pentium with ninety 8, and shop applying XP on my substantial pc. I might desire to then have the skill to play each and every of the video games I easily have.

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