Comments on: Some Apps That Just Work Better On Windows 7

By: Carlton

Carlton — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:41:12 +0000

I have tried to run Quicktime on 6 different computers with Windows 7 on them and it will not run. On each computer and they are all in different households there is an Error 46, Could Not Load Or Find The Quicktime ActiveX Control.
I have tried all the suggestions that I could find and none have worked. Would appreciate any help. Thanks!

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:21:13 +0000

The only time I ever have legitimate problems with an app in Win 7 (assuming Vista as well) is when the app tries to write data to the Application Data folder, which by default is outside of default writing permissions. Unfortunately the app will not tell you this. If you switch the user data directory for the app over to c:\users\[windows acct] in Win7, this clears up the problem 99% of the time. I had this happen with an FTP app I was using because it was trying to write data to App Data and of course didn’t work until I switched it over to c:\users

By: Ben Morrison

Ben Morrison — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:14:43 +0000

Excellent. Virtual Clone Drive seems to be working perfectly (Plus i love the sheep). Thanks for the tip. I wonder what the issue with daemon tools is… hmmm…

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:27:58 +0000

If Daemon Tools doesn’t work in 7 that, in a word, sucks. I haven’t tried it yet but I used that all the time in XP.

Try Virtual Clone Drive: http://www.slysoft.com/en/download.html

Freeware, works in Vista therefore should work in 7 with no problems. Will be trying this out later today.

By: Ben Morrison

Ben Morrison — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:03:28 +0000

No they don’t, but your failed subject-verb agreement does… (in response to Tom)

Now for why I’m really here: Good article. I’m looking forward to the improved legacy support, but I’ve found programs that simply refuse to install on neither the beta nor the RC of Windows 7. Daemon Tools and similar virtual drive programs report “known compatibility issues.” When I attempt to install them anyway, I get caught in a cycle where it tells me repeatedly to restart to complete the installation. The finished product of Windows 7 hopefully won’t have this issue.

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:03:20 +0000

Correct. The point is that no app you install will run any slower on Windows 7. You will either get a notable speed/stability improvement with certain apps or it will run the same as it did in XP.

By: Tom Kirkham

Tom Kirkham — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:27:45 +0000

So, if it ran on XP, it runs the same or better on 7? Is that the point? The last 2 points confuses readers.

I’m just saying.

By: Phil M

Phil M — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:17:14 +0000

You seriously need to actually compare 7 with Vista – your comparisons above are also true for Vista vs XP

Windows 7 is essentially a GUI service-pack for Vista, and people are eating it up in their droves because they *never actually used Vista* yet insist on bitching about it.

ergo, see Mojave : http://www.microsoft.com/windows/mojave-experiment/

Also .. the app problems you mentioned above are nothing to do with XP, but your (possibly aged and/or bugged) installation being compared against a new install of 7. I could reinstall my OS right now and then pick out 50 things that work better.