Windows
7 does have a compatibility tab (at least in the pro version) and MetaStock 9.1
installs and works fine. I use 2000 compatibility (it goes back to
Windows 95). Actually, I only bought Windows 7 to make sure my MetaStock
plug-in and breadth data downloader had no install and running problems.
They don't, even without compatibility options. Windows 7 seems to
be a very good release.
The
main change for programmers seems to be that it is difficult, without a lot of
effort, to read and particularly write configuration files to the
"Program Files" directory after the
initial installation. Instead, Windows 7 uses a new directory for
that purpose called "ProgramData". That is the main
reason, it seems, that many older programs become incompatible.with Windows 7
(and often Vista).
Hope
this helps.
From: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Jennings
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 1:41 PM
To: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [EquisMetaStock Group] Re:Metastock 9.0 & Windows 7
I can't say I have specifically tried Metastock and 7.
However, I do have a very expensive piece of software which costs well over
1500 USD to upgrade for little benefit except that it was vista compatible. One
couldn't even get it to install.Thus stayed with 2000 for this. However, I
currently run this under windows 7 without any problems at all. I'd give it a
try.
On 06/02/2010 15:17, gc138@xxxxxxx wrote:
Does Windows 7 have a 'run as' option in the Metastcok icon
properties window under 'Compatibility" tab?.
If so, that could be an option. - GHC