When we upgraded our old Windows system to Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, you might be concerned about whether the previous desktop software will work properly on the new system. In fact, Microsoft has made great efforts in technology to make most of the old software run smoothly on Win8 and Win8.1, and provides solutions to possible permissions and compatibility issues.
From the right-click menu, select “Run this program as an administrator
Sometimes the software does not work properly because the file does not have sufficient permissions to run under Win8 or Win8.1. For this type of problem, we can right-click the software icon and select “run this program as administrator in the pop-up context menu. These software runs smoothly because of software that has insufficient running privileges.
selected in the Properties panel software program files & ldquo; & rdquo run this program in compatibility mode;
If you just select & ldquo; & rdquo run this program in administrator mode; the title can not be solved, we can use Go to the Win8 and Win8.1 system files < compatibility” settings.
Right-click the program desktop icon that cannot be run, select “Properties> on the pop-up menu, select the "Compatibility" tab, check “run this program in compatibility mode”, and pull down The list selects the version of Windows that you can run the program before, such as "Windows 7" or "Windows XP", so that the Win8 or Win8.1 system will simulate the old Windows system environment to run the software program.
Icon: Software Compatibility Mode Settings
Run“Run Compatibility Troubleshooting”
In addition, we can also click the “Compatibility Troubleshooting” menu option or “<quo; The Run Compatibility Troubleshooter button, in the pop-up "Program Compatibility Troubleshooting" dialog box, we can select <;Try the suggested settings” and <;troubleshooter”.
example, we select & ldquo; try the recommended settings & rdquo ;, the system will automatically detect problems.
wait a moment, the system will give some of the current state of the program's compatibility settings. If you click the “Test Program" button, the system will automatically run the program for testing.
Icon: Win8.1 Test Program Compatibility
After the test is completed, the system will give the results and options. If the program can run normally, select “Yes, save these settings for this program>; if the program still fails to run, you can select “No, try again with other settings”, continue the test, or report the error and connect to Microsoft. Solve the problem.
If the earlier interface, we choose & ldquo; Troubleshooting & rdquo ;, the program will give a few problems running description of the fault for users such as check, check user running their own symptoms, Then go to the next step.
easily view system compatible hardware and software compatibility center Win8.1 details
In addition, Microsoft offers hardware and software compatibility center (Compatibility Center) for the Windows 8.1 system, the user can easily access this page was informed of Windows 8.1 Compatible information and device drivers, software upgrades, and downloads that are compatible with the system. Type the hardware brand and model we need to query in the search bar, and we can see if the product is compatible with Windows 8.1, and also see the relevant community ratings and corresponding software download addresses. If the query object is software, you can learn all that Windows 8.1 is compatible with.