It is very possible that on some occasion you have found that you need run programs for older versions of Windows, that is, you have an operating system installed but you need to use that one game, application, tool, etc. that you used in the past. The truth is that Windows 8 has a very interesting compatibility system through which you can solve all the problems that may have arisen. To learn how to use it, We advise you to join us in today's article where we will try to explain the process in the simplest way possible..
Access the previous versions of Windows section
The first thing we have to do is enter the place through which we are going to carry out the entire process that we mentioned at the beginning. In this case we will have to access the Control panel, and to do this we will go to any of the right corners of our screen in order to view the windows 8 sidebar.
Now we are going to click on the last option that appears, which is none other than “Configuration” and at the top you can see that the Control Panel is generally in second position.
We click on it and a new window will open through which we can learn to run programs to earlier versions of Windows.
How to carry out the process
The window that we mentioned at the end of the previous point will be similar to this:
What we are going to do is stay in the first block that bears the name of “Security system” and we will click on the last option called “Find and fix problems”. By doing so we will see that a new section opens where we will have several options to choose from.
As we can see, from here we can solve problems related to the program, with the hardware, with the , with Internet, with the networks, and of course also with the work and fullfilment of security requirements.
However, in our case what we are going to need is to click on the link “Run programs created for earlier versions of Windows” which is located in the section “Programs".
When we do this, a window like the one in the image above will appear, and of course, the only thing we will need to do is follow the process that is indicated.
By clicking on "Next” will begin a automatic detection through which we will try to find out which programs may work incorrectly on our computer. In the list we will see the majority of programs that we have installed, and the only thing we will need is to click on the one that is giving us problems and follow the process.
In case we don't find it, all we have to do is select on “Does not appear” and we can carry out a more specific and thorough search through the tree of directories of our PC.
As you can see, from now on you know how to run programs for previous versions of Windows, solving the incompatibility issues that may have arisen.
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