Applications on Windows 7 question..

If an application runs on Vista 64-bit will it run on Windows 7 64-bit?
Reason I ask Is I use a web client so I can use my work computers desktop,files,e-mails and applications from home.

thankyou

Generally speaking yes, but if not, it'll run very well in vista compatibility mode.

Oh and if you're talking about Citrix, then get an updated version from their website. Works fine.

Edited by deleted (Wed 15-Jul-09 12:32:47)

It probably will but you might want to test specific applications.

The fact that IE is missing from the default installation may well break some applications. The other problem is the same one a lot of people had going from XP to Vista: The application has bugs in it that don't show up in Vista but might in W7. This is almost certain to occur but should not be as bad as XP -> Vista as less of Windows' internals has changed.

John.

There are applications that run on Vista but not Windows 7 (at least not without signinficant tweaking). Compatibility mode doesn't necessarily make any difference.

The only way to be sure is to try it out. You could always try it on the RC. I would expect most companies will bring out versions that do work on Windows 7 once it's released.

In reply to a post by wy2k:

If an application runs on Vista 64-bit will it run on Windows 7 64-bit?
Reason I ask Is I use a web client so I can use my work computers desktop,files,e-mails and applications from home.

thankyou

I would say get of the latest build and try it on a spare partition if its an important piece of software to you and you want to upgrade to w7