H
Ham Pastrami
Sometimes when installing old software I need to make a shortcut to the
installer on the CD -- for example I:\setup.exe. After installing, I delete
the shortcut. The strange thing is, Windows seems to remember the
compatibility setting even when the shortcut is not being used. Furthermore
it will remember the setting even for a different CD, so if I then try to
install a newer program, which is incidentally also I:\setup.exe, the
installer will say something like "Windows 95 is not supported". I then have
to make the shortcut again and turn off compatibility mode. Since it appears
that Windows actually stores the compability data somewhere other than the
shortcut file itself, how might I be able to access these settings and
modify them manually?
installer on the CD -- for example I:\setup.exe. After installing, I delete
the shortcut. The strange thing is, Windows seems to remember the
compatibility setting even when the shortcut is not being used. Furthermore
it will remember the setting even for a different CD, so if I then try to
install a newer program, which is incidentally also I:\setup.exe, the
installer will say something like "Windows 95 is not supported". I then have
to make the shortcut again and turn off compatibility mode. Since it appears
that Windows actually stores the compability data somewhere other than the
shortcut file itself, how might I be able to access these settings and
modify them manually?