Beagle
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Re:MC 4 64-bit compatibility
October 28, 11 8:57 PM
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windows XP compatibility mode is only available in the business edition of win7. but windows business edition is not necessary for our use. I don't know of anyone on these forums stating they are using the business edition and using sonar/cakewalk in "xp compatibility mode."
greg's instructions were 100% spot on for vistax64, but I don't think it applies to win7. greg has pointed me to where cakewalk has said that on their site, but I don't think they really updated it for win7 correctly. I have never had to try to run anything in "xp mode" on win7. win7 "knows" that it's a 32bit program, puts it in the appropriate folder in Program Files (x86) and it just works.
I have both Music Creator 5 and Music Creator 6 on my win7x64 machine. If I right click on the executable file for each of those programs, there is not a "run in xp mode" option available. yet neither of them have ever given me any problems trying to run in win7x64. they are both installed in the Program Files (x86) folder.
however, ADMIN rights will cause big problems. win7 (and vista) both 32bit and 64bit both have something called UAC. User Account Control - and it causes MAJOR headaches. it's there to help people who have no clue what they're actually doing on a computer to help prevent them from downloading and installing harmful programs. but it's a major PIA for people trying to use programs like MC. I tured UAC OFF as soon as I installed win7 and I have never had to right click on any cakewalk product to tell it to run as admin or run in "xp mode" or anything like that. once UAC was off, stuff just works.
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57Gregy
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Re:MC 4 64-bit compatibility
October 28, 11 9:37 PM
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True. Win 7 does have seperate places for 32- and 64-bit programs. My MC 6 is running well on my 64-bit computer, but I haven't stressed it out. It's not my DAW. I just keep it here for research.
For older programs in Win 7 64-bit, if you right-click the program icon, you can select Troubleshoot Compatibility. Win 7 will then make the necessary settings to (hopefully) allow the program to work.
The 32-bit version of SONAR Home Studio 6 worked fine (sorta) doing that, but Music Creator Pro 24 refused to work at all. Win 7 set them both up to work in XP SP 2 mode.
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Re:MC 4 64-bit compatibility
November 07, 11 6:57 AM
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Thanks so much to all for the responses... my Win7 did install as stated and is running as a 32bit program. I have so far not experienced any major glitches and I can certainly work around and find substitutes for the effects that don"t work correctly.
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StudentMJL
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Re:MC 4 64-bit compatibility
November 07, 11 6:57 AM
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Thanks so much to all for the responses... my Win7 did install as stated and is running as a 32bit program. I have so far not experienced any major glitches and I can certainly work around and find substitutes for the effects that don"t work correctly.
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57Gregy
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Re:MC 4 64-bit compatibility
November 07, 11 8:58 AM
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I have so far not experienced any major glitches ...except for with the forum software?  Welocome to the forum.
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Mark Viera
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Re:MC 4 64-bit compatibility
December 06, 11 10:06 PM
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That’s strange. My version of Music Creator 4 has a shortcut that reads “Music Creator 4(x64)” and the executable in located in "C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Music Creator 4\CWMC.exe" How can I tell if it’s really running under 64bit?
I have both Music Creator 5 and Music Creator 6 on my win7x64 machine. If I right click on the executable file for each of those programs, there is not a "run in xp mode" option available. yet neither of them have ever given me any problems trying to run in win7x64. they are both installed in the Program Files (x86) folder.
Mark My Setup: OS: Windows 7 64bit CPU: Xeon 2GHz Quad Core Hard drives: (2) 1TB and 500GB SATA 7200 RAM Memory: 4GB Sound Card: Delta 44 Music Creator 4 Mackie 802VLZ-3 Mixer Yamaha MG1604 Mixer (for Drum mix down) Mackie MR5 monitors
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57Gregy
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Re:MC 4 64-bit compatibility
December 07, 11 0:01 PM
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I have both Music Creator 5 and Music Creator 6 on my win7x64 machine. If I right click on the executable file for each of those programs, there is not a "run in xp mode" option available. yet neither of them have ever given me any problems trying to run in win7x64. they are both installed in the Program Files (x86) folder. Right. My new computer doesn't have the same options that my XP computer had, but you can select "Troubleshoot Compatibility" and it will recommend a solution. For my SONAR Home Studio 6, it was XP SP 3. Music Creator Pro 24 and Music Creator 2003 refused to work.
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