Vista and XP

  • Thread starter Thread starter HardySpicer
  • Start date Start date
H

HardySpicer

I have a VB.net program in .exe format compiled in XP. Will this run
on Vista or must I re-compile on a Vista machine?

Thanks

Hardy
 
HardySpicer said:
I have a VB.net program in .exe format compiled in XP. Will this run
on Vista or must I re-compile on a Vista machine?
Click to expand...

Hardy:

It's not a matter of recompiling it, but it might need rewriting.

But most programs that run on XP will run on Vista, but they might get
"virtualized" if they write to Program Files or to HKLM. Better to
supply a "Vista-aware" manifest (which suppresses virtualization) and
fix the code if it doesn't run correctly.
 
Back
Top