Vista Compatibility Check

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Vista Compatibility Check

Where can I find a utility to see if my VB6 apps will run on Vista I've been to this site,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/AppComp.asp

and I downloaded one tool, but that was to see if apps ran on XP. I need to see if my apps run on Vista without having Vista installed and running about a dozen apps or so.

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Vista Compatibility Check

  • MartinParé

    Hello IGotyourdotnet,

    The tool you are looking for is the Application Compatibility Toolkit, which can be downloaded from here http://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx SiteID=81. Run a Data Collection Package with the Windows Vista Compatbility Evaluator included from a Windows 2003 or previous version of Windows excluding versions previous to Windows 2000. More information can be found in the documentation here http://connect.microsoft.com/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx SiteID=81&DownloadID=1570

    Thanks!

    Matthew Braun



  • David MX

    Can I run these tools on my XP Pro box or do I need to install Vista to run these


  • BilalShouman

    OK, but how do I check my applications Thats what Im' trying to do

  • Kelandom

    Hello IGotyourdotnet,

    Please refer to the ACT documentation for information on how to test your applications. This information is located here: http://connect.microsoft.com/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx SiteID=81&DownloadID=1570

    Thanks!

    Matthew Braun



  • Robert6327

    Hi IGotyourdotnet,

    The only tool that is not able to run on Vista is the Windows Vista Compatibility Evaluator, because this evaluator is looking for depricated APIs, which the application needs to hook into in order for the evaluator to evaluate it so what it comes down to is you can't hook into an API that is not there.

    Thanks!

    Matthew Braun



  • Kevin Stephens

    I don't have Vista installed and the Application Compatibiltiy Toolkit, isn't really helpful. I'm looking for something that I can test an existing VB6 app and see if it will run on Vista. Is that what the toolkit does and I'm not seeing it or

  • TazzyTaz

    Hello IGotyourdotnet,

    The toolkit checks for any issues that your application may encounter with the new features introduced in Windows Vista. If you run the tool on your application and nothing is logged, your application will more than likely work without any issues on Vista. Also a tool you want to run is AppVerifier which also checks for specific LUA and other issues that you might encounter on Vista. AppVerifier can be found here http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/appvrfr.mspx

    Thanks!

    Matthew Braun



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