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VC++ 6.0 MFC project Compatibility with win7 and all earlier versions of windows

VC++ 6.0 MFC project Compatibility with win7 and all earlier versions of windows

I have VC++ 6.0 MFC project exe. created in win xp rpo environment
It installs and runs well on win xp pro and win 7 pro

Will my exe. be installing and running well in other win version, which were created before win 7 pro

Your suggestions appreciated, experts

sarabande

most vc6 applications are compatible with all windows versions since win98. of course that isn't true if you used newer versions of 3rd-party libraries or added xp specific add-ons, for example xp schemes.

vc6 is released early 1998 and i made mfc programs which run on winnt 4.0, win98, winme and win2k before i moved to winxp. i worked in a win2k environment until end of 2007 and had both vs2003 and vc6 projects parallel. in vc6 mfc there were only a few things added that were special to xp or .net installed, for example the support of WM_MOUSESCROLL. on win9x systems there are some restrictions and unsupported functionality if you used multi-threading and windows api/windows sdk functions made for windows nt only.

Sara

khlauster

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I have to clarify:

My MFC project(static library) is a Dialog application with
no 'newer versions of 3rd-party libraries or added xp specific add-ons',

no multi-threading or 'windows api/windows sdk functions made for windows nt only'

It was installed and ran smoothly on win xp pro and win 7 pro,
Both machines have Visual Studio installed

Will it be running on win xp (home, premium, etc), win vista,
win 7(home,etc) win 8 server !?

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khlauster

ASKER

Thanks for your suggestion, Sara!

I have to deal with redist for now