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Rydenio
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19/04/2006
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21st May, 2011 at 18:35:40 -
I'm having a problem after installing mf2 on my new computer... When I click 'run application' or 'run frame' within the program, nothing happens. Nothing at all. The window doesnt even come up. I can still build my applications and they run fine so it's not a .dll problem or anything. I'm not going to be able to develop if i can't test my stuff all the time... 
I'm running windows 7 and I'm running the program on xp compability mode, and as an administrator with full privileges. I can't figure this out and googling has led me nowhere. Maybe just do a clean reinstall and update?
Please help!!
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Jon Lambert
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Vaporware Master
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22nd May, 2011 at 02:20:18 -
Why are you running in compatibility mode? Maybe try not using it?
Sandwich Time!Whoo!
JoyCheck & KeyCheck Widgets
For easy implementation of customizable joystick and keyboard controls.
http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=8364
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nim
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17/05/2002
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7234
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22nd May, 2011 at 10:39:40 -
Does edrt.exe show up in the Process list (Task Manager)?
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Hagar
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Old klik fart
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20/02/2002
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22nd May, 2011 at 11:11:42 -
I have just got a new laptop with Windows 7, and so far I fail to see why people are so impressed with it, and my laptop is pretty damn fast (Alienware).
Touting snapping windows and the aero interface as "great improvements" over XP does not really impress me, considering the rather substantial cost of Windows  . I know I now have DX11 too, but I have yet to use it in anger anyway...
Anyway I suggest doing as Jon Lambert recommends, but if that fails and you are running Windows 7 Professional or above, you can download XP mode which is a Virtual Machine with an XP image.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/products/features/windows-xp-mode
I have only installed TrueSpace so far in Win 7, and that barely works (seems to randomly crash on rendering a frame), so I am hoping for better luck with MMF2.
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Sketchy
Cornwall UK
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06/11/2004
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1971
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22nd May, 2011 at 14:25:53 -
I also just got a new PC with Windows 7, and I am genuinely rather impressed.
There aren't any massive changes (which I consider a good thing, having seen how Microsoft screwed up Office since 2003), but there are loads of small improvements everywhere you look, and they do add up. Things like the new* load/save dialog that allow you to browse files much more quickly, and the new* taskbar, are really neat touches. And yes, the window snapping is something I do actually use a lot.
I might not consider these small improvements worth having to put up with compatibility issues for, but so far I have yet to experience any issues at all. Everything runs perfectly for me - MMF2, PaintShopPro9, CorelDraw12, Office2003, games...
* I've come directly from XP, so some of the features I like may have been in Windows Vista.
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Hagar
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Old klik fart
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25th May, 2011 at 13:23:41 -
Windows 7 did automatically switch MMF2 into compatibility mode, but it seems to work fine here. I suggest you try a re-install Rydenio. If that fails contact Jeff or post on the CT forums.
I'm starting to take a liking to Win 7, but it still feels a little sluggish compared to XP on a slightly slower machine (about 25% slower on CPU benchmarks). None of my games I play make use of DX11 so I have yet to see that benefit yet.
Vista was absolutely horrid IMO, some people seem to love it but I actually formatted my old laptop to get red of it, and I put XP on it. None of the software I use to do my job worked, no drivers for my hardware worked, and it was just so slow even though my old laptop is a core 2 duo with 2 GB of RAM (not great, but not awful).
Oh and the User Control Centre (or whatever it is called) drove me mad in Vista. It effectively asked you if you really wanted to delete or copy files three times (when messing outside of your documents folder). Do you want to delete? Yes. This operation needs improved priviledges, do you wish to allow windows to do this? Yes. Such and such is trying to delete file *.* do wish to allow this? Yes.
If you turned the User Control Centre off, you got a nag screen bubble on the task bar... Thankfully Windows 7 seems a lot more relaxed about this.
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Sketchy
Cornwall UK
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06/11/2004
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1971
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25th May, 2011 at 15:10:01 -
I've heard a lot of bad things about Vista, so I'm not surprised you didn't like it. I think that's why Windows 7 was released so soon after (XP in 2001, Vista in 2007, Windows 7 in 2009).
Since you mentioned it, moving/copying files is one of the things that works really well in Windows 7 - I like that you can tell it to rename a copied file if another with the same name already exists. Again, it's a very small detail, but it can save a lot of time.
Performance-wise, it's hard to tell how Windows 7 and XP compare. All I can say is that a 3.2GHz Dual-core running Windows 7, is a lot faster than a 700MHz Athlon running XP - which probably won't come as much of a surprise to anyone...
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