Will RoboHelp 7 Run in Windows 7 32-bit?

[Bernadino50]

I've seen several threads clearly state that RoboHelp 7 won't work on a Windows 64-bit machine, but I was wondering if it is possible to run it on a Windows 32-bit PC?

[Peter Grainge · Accepted solution]

It is not supported by Adobe and I believe the answer is that you are likely to have problems unless...

I believe that with Windows 7 Ultimate there is an XP Emulator and that RH7 will run within that. Rick Stone can help you better on this one but I believe is out and about right now. I am sure he will give you more information when he returns.

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[Bernadino50]

Thanks for the prompt reply. I thought that was probably the case. Now I can let the IT folks know for sure.

[Captiv8r]

Hi there

Indeed I had awful luck making RoboHelp 7 work on my own Windows 7 setup. But I'm not sure if it was because it was Windows 7 or if it was because it was Windows 7 64 bit version.

Fortunately Microsoft anticipated that applications may not behave properly in Windows 7 and they made the Windows XP mode virtual PC available for Windows 7 users. UNfortunately it doesn't work with the "Home Premium" version. You have to have Professional or Ultimate installed in order to use it.

Read more at this link

Cheers... Rick

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[Bernadino50]

Thank you very much for the additional observations and information, and for the link.

[avi10000]

Hi Bernadino,

RH7 works just great on my Win7 Home Premium 32-bit.

Here's what happened in more detail. Last June, I bought a new low-end ThinkPad. It's an SL510. It came with Win7 Home Premium 32-bit and pre-installed Office 2007. RH7 crashed when I tried to generate Word output. I took a guess that it was because of the Office 2007. I uninstalled it. I then installed Office 2003. Then RH7 worked just fine. I then reinstalled my own Office 2007, and it still wortks just fine.

Maybe I was just lucky...

-avraham

[Bernadino50]

Thanks for the details of what has worked for you. In my situation, I needed to work with a RH 7 project for a few months, before we can move to RH 9. My primary laptop runs Windows 7, so my IT folks provided a workaround where I run RH 7 via a Remote Desktop connection to an XP machine. Since both the data and the program files reside on that machine, I have not had any problems.