Program compatibility pop-up issue

I bought a new lappy and got windows 8 pro with it ,recently i updated it to 8.1 preview and just from a few days from now i am getting program compatibility pop-ups when i install some new softwares anti-viruses and stuff ; in correspondence one of your threads i tried everything pgedit.msc & opening mmc (where i didnt find local group policy editor) if the problem is related to windows 8.1 preview upgrade please let me know ,also guide me if there is a way to solve the problem or to switch back to earlier version of windows(8pro).

Dheeraj

Posted 2013-07-18T15:14:27.020

Reputation: 19

Your question is hard to read, please improve your formatting. – gronostaj – 2013-07-18T15:20:37.433

If the compatibility pop-ups did not happen with Windows 8 then there are compatibility problem with Windows 8.1 – Ramhound – 2013-07-18T17:21:49.557

Answers

Once you have installed the software, right click and select properties.
Select the Compatibility Tab
Select Run in Compatibility Mode, then select the version of windows the software was designed for.
Apply the settings

This should solve your issues.

halligan26

Posted 2013-07-18T15:14:27.020

Reputation: 341

If you created a recovery partition via Windows, before you installed 8.1 then you could restore your machine. link

You could always factory restore your machine is you are unhappy with Windows 8.1

I don't believe the 8.1 is your issue. You probably would have had issue installing the software in Windows 8 period.

nate

Posted 2013-07-18T15:14:27.020

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Ms changed the way how the GetVersionEx API works, so some tools run into trouble:

Operating system version changes in Windows 8.1 Preview

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn302074%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

The App developer must add the supportedOS ID into the manifest:

<supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}"/>

So call the support of the tools.

magicandre1981

Posted 2013-07-18T15:14:27.020

Reputation: 86 560