i got two windows folder in my c: the old one is called windows.old which contain windows xp and the other one is windows which is having window 7 is running currently.
I did install the windows 7 about an month ago and while installing it ask me to keep the old windows folder so i tick yes.
Now what i want to do is i want to run both windows xp and windows 7. Can it done with rename the windows to windows.old and windows.old to windows. will it be do the work?
The windows.old folder contains the files from your previous Windows installation (in your case XP). If you need to retrieve data from that folder, read this: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/where-are-my-files-and-folders-after-upgrading-from-windows-xp-or-windows-vista
Renaming those folders (Windows, Windows.old) will not work (and isn't even possible). If you want to run Windows 7 and Windows XP on one computer, you will have to use dual/multi boot. I suggest you read http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/install-multiple-operating-system-multiboot#1TC=windows-7 to set this up.
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I just installed the latest SDK(10.0.10586.0) and was wondering if I can delete the libraries from the older Windows 10 SDKs(10.0.10240.0 and 10.0.10150.0)?
Or is there a safe way or a program to do this?
You can uninstall the older versions via Add/Remove Programs. It maintains a different entry for each version.
If storage space is a pressing issue for you, you can proceed to delete the older SDKs. Deletion can be done via program files in pre Windows 10 Creators Update builds or from Settings in newer Windows 10 builds.
However an ideal software should provide a good backward compatibility at least within a major version of Windows which at this point is Windows 10.
Imagine someone with an early build of Windows 10 being unable to download your app from the store. You lose users/customers just because they have to update their OS all the way which many avoid altogether.
Keeping the older SDKs will allow you choose a minimum Windows 10 build that your app should support and hence allow installation from devices on those builds.
If you need to target specific builds of Windows, then you might want to keep older SDKs around. As new SDKs come out there may be functionality added that isn't supported by older builds of Windows, then your code will not run on that build. Generally you want to use the newest SDK available that works for your targeted audience.
I have many versions and I am not sure which to delete. I found How to move Windows Kits Folder to other disks? So if space is the problem then you can move the Windows Kits folder to another drive. That post says to move the Windows Kits folder to another drive and then with administrator privilges use the following:
mklink /J "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits" "D:\Windows Kits"
That creates a junction; joins the folder in the C: with the folder in the other drive.
I had an application written in VB on my laptop which was running Windows XP until I formatted it yesterday. A friend copied it over several years ago but it's not possible to contact him anymore. This project consists of .vbg, .vbp, .vbw, etc. files and a few .mdb files which store the databases. I also had a shortcut on my desktop which was referencing a .vbg file which used to open up a window and I was then supposed to press a "Play" button to launch the application.
I've copied the required folders over to my new laptop which now has Windows 7 Professional (32 bit) but I have no idea how to run this application and what is required. I also tried creating a VM using Windows XP just to check if the problem is with Windows 7 (or above) but still I am probably missing other required software (a debugger perhaps? visual studio or something?).
My questions are:
Is it possible to run this project on Windows 7 and what software is required to accomplish that?
What am I missing on the Windows XP VM? Do I have to install Visual Basic or some other debugging software?
Appreciate your help,
Kyriacos.
First of all, you need to have visual basics to run the .vbg or .vbp files. There is no other application that supports those formats. And Second, you can run the project on windows 7 as it is compatible all the way to windows 10.
How enable Hype-v in windows 8.1 single language for emulator windows phone app ( in Windows Phone "Sdk" 8.0)
hyper v is not available in windows 8.1 single language need to upgrade to windows 8.1 pro or use oracle vm
If you are developing Windows Phone app then surely you need Hyper-V to deploy the app over the Win Phone 8 image. But in case you are having Win 8.1 SL, you would be actually in trouble. The alternative is any other virtual tool. Here I suggest Oracle VirtualBox. After installing virtual box you have to create a machine with an OS image. For windows phone 8 or any other version goto "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v8.0\Emulation\Images". You can also go to v8.1. What I mean to say is to locate the directory for Flash.vhd. Copy the whole directory("\Images") to some other location. Start your VM and create a new machine with OS Windows 8 or 8.1 (depending upon the image version). In the next screen allocate RAM >= 1 GB. Then finally locate the Windows Phone image (Flash.vhd) after clicking "Use an existing virtual hard drive file". Click "Create" and all done!!
Another way of doing this without having any Virtual Machine is by Microsoft XDE. For this you have to start the CMD with admin rights and change the directory (CD) to
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XDE\8.0
(Remember the last directory into this path could be 8.1 as well). Then run the following command
XDE.exe -vhd “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v8.0\Emulation\Images\Flash.vhd”
Now I would suggest one more thing. Before doing all this first check where is all the stuff installed in your PC. And sorry, I have not taken care of so much formatting of this post. Enjoy :)
I am working on creating a batch file in Windows 8, which won't accept "C:\Program files" in its body because the space between Program and files gives an error. So, I used "C:\Progra~2".
I want to access Program files (x86).
I have two Windows 8 PC's: Windows 8 PRO and Windows 8 OEM.
When I type "C:\Progra~2" from File Explorer to access program files (x86) it opens successfully in Windows 8 PRO.
But when I do the same in Windows 8 OEM, it says
Windows cannot find C:\Progra~2.
I am not sure whether this is an issue with the PRO and OEM versions.
Can anyone help me find the solution?
Use a batch built in Constant: %ProgramFiles%. It also works on non-englisch windows Version, which your ~2 does not.
Are you sure there are two program files on both machines? Try C:\Progra~1 and see if that opens the right folder.
If you want to open a general programs file folder use %ProgramFiles%
I have all my workspace and everything set up on Windows 7 but I also want to develop Windows Phone 8 but as stated on Microsoft website that It can not be installed on Windows 7.
Do anybody knows how to install in on Windows 7. I have found a crack but I don't know how to run this. You can get this from here
Please tell me if anybody knows how to install it. here is a link to WP 8 ISO file
Edit:
There could be several reasons to install WP 8 in Windows 7. Like I have purchased a Wndows 7 recently and I don't want to make shift to Windows 8 right now, because I don't feel comfortable with its UI. Its more for a tablet or touch screen PC.
I have set-up all my workspace and other projects on Windows 7, I don't want to waste my time in setting up on Windows 8, I don't even know that how they gona perform on Windows 8. So there are so many genuine reasons.
You can install it by first extracting all the files from the ISO and then overwriting those files with the files from the ZIP. Then you can run the batch file as administrator to do the installation. Most of the packages install on windows 7, but I haven't tested yet how well they work.
Here is a link from developer.nokia.com wiki pages, which explains how to install Windows Phone 8 SDK on a Virtual Machine with Working Emulator
And another link here
AFAIK, it is not possible to directly install WP8 SDK in Windows 7, because WP8 sdk is VS 2012 supported and also its emulator works on a Hyper-V (which is integrated into the Windows 8).