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| Running TagIt or TagItLite on Windows 7 | ||
| While TagIt or TagItLite will not work on Vista without setting the compatibility mode to XP, they will appear to work with Windows 7 but with some potential problems. Therefore it is strongly recommended that the compatibility mode be set to XP when using Windows 7. | ||
| Caution: If you have added data without setting the compatibility mode to XP, do not change the compatibility settings without first reading about the danger of data loss below. | ||
| Note: What follows is my best understanding of the behavior of TagIt or TagItLite under Windows 7 based on setting or not setting the compatibility mode to XP. Please let me know at info@tagityourself.com if you experience different behavior. | ||
| A. How to tell if the compatibility mode is set properly | ||
| 1. Right click on
the TagIt or TagItLite icon on your desktop. 2. Select Properties. |
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| 3. Go to the
Compatibility tab. 4. "Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 3)" is checked. 5. "Run this program as an administrator" is checked. |
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| B. Compatibility mode not set to XP | ||
| If the Compatibility mode is not set to XP, then Windows 7 creates "Compatibility files" as new data is added or new files created. Although it make look like all the files are in this folder (e.g. the data folder for TagIt shown in the red box), Windows 7 has created "Compatibility files" as indicated in the red circle. Click on "Compatibility files" to go to the VirtualStore. | ||
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| This shows the compatibility files
that were created in the VirtualStore by Windows 7 when the
compatibility mode was not set to XP. The path shown in
the red box is in the User\[Your Name] folder. If you try
to find it yourself, you might have trouble since the default is
that these are hidden folders. Click
here to see how to display hidden folders. Although these same files appear in c:\program files (x86)\tagit\tagitdata, the items table is only updated in the VirtualStore. This means that if you switch back and forth between setting the compatibility mode to XP and not setting it, you may loose your data. (See below for suggestions on how to deal with this.) Also when you Backup, Update, Export and other procedures, the resulting files may be placed in the VirtualStore, making it difficult to find or causing some errors. |
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| C. Compatibility mode set to XP | ||
| When the compatibility mode is set to XP, the VirtualStore is not used by Windows 7. Backups, exports, etc are created in the proper directory. Updates to the program are not likely to create a problem. | ||
| D. Originally I did not set the compatibility mode and have entered lots of items. Now I want to set the compatibility mode but do not want to lose any of my data. What do I do? | ||
| 1. Take a look at your data and get a sense what is there. How many items are there, e.g.? | ||
| 2. Make a backup of your data from the File menu. Since you do not have the compatibility mode set, the backup file may be found in the VirtualStore. Make sure you can find it. | ||
| 3. Change the compatibility mode to XP as shown above in section A. | ||
| 4. Open the program. If data seems to be missing, try restoring the backup by going to the File menu and selecting Restore. | ||
| Related pages: export | ||
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