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Hi, everyone! After a 16-month hiatus from this list, I am back.
While I may no longer use XyWrite in ordinary workflow due to corporate changes,
I still have 20 years of computer files in XyWrite to which I do not wish to
lose access. [Yes, I know I can open them as text files, but they are
easier to read within the application.], An earlier thread on the compatibility of XyWrite III+ and
Windows 7 (Nov 2009 – Mar 2010) generated a few suggestions. I
would like to know what has worked best from those who have tried any or all of
these options: a. try
dosbox (http://www.dosbox.com/) [Raphael
Tennenbaum, 29 Nov 2009], b. install
the XP Virtual Machine software and XP itself (both available free to W7 owners
by download from Microsoft). You then crank up XP and run XyWrite in that…
This
has been tested on a W7 64-bit installation with 8 GB RAM and it seems to work
OK. I still haven't unscrambled the issue of permissions so I can get the
folders I want (\XY and \TXT) into my root directory -- [Wm. E. Shawcross, 30
Nov. 2009], c. run
in XP mode if the version of Windows 7 is one of the following: Professional,
Ultimate, and Enterprise. See
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/windows_7_feature_focus_virtual_windows_xp_aka_xp_mode
[Rick McElroy, 28 Jan 2010], or d, Go
the official route of installing VirtualPC (WIN7):
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/
[Kari Eveli, 30 Nov
2009], and more specifically: e. …download
the Virtual PC and the Win XP emulator. Run XyWrite under WinXP…
Better yet, install Virtual Box or VMWare
and run XyWrite in emulated DOS. [Mike Shupp, 27 Jan 2010] Has anyone tried any or all of these options? What
works? What doesn’t? Is it possible to copy and paste text from XyWrite into
another application that is not running under the virtual machine software, but
is operating under Windows 7? If so, which virtual machine software do you use? Regarding option “b,” what is the significance
of being able to put the \XY folder in the root directory? Option C appears to
be the easiest, but has anyone actually used it with success? Finally, Robert Holmgren wrote on March 7, 2010 “XP
mode is just slimmed-down Virtual PC -- and VPC is free.” Is there
any practical advantage to using VPC rather than XP Mode? Thanks, //Avi
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