Need assistance with an older program and ensuring it runs on Windows?
Need assistance with an older program and ensuring it runs on Windows?
I have a specific older version of an image viewer program called ACDsee (some of you might of heard of it), version 4.xx from a while ago. I have used this version for many years and it has always "irked me" that I could not find any other alternative program that did exactly the same thing that this version of this program did. Even the later versions of the program move away from how it worked, added bloat and unwanted features and all sorts of other stuff. My problem is when I run this version of this program under Windows 10 and browse to a location with pictures in the navigation pane, click on a folder containing pictures, then the program freezes and locks up trying to profile pictures in a folder, in windows 10. I have tried all of the "built in" compatibility options for both windows 10 and windows 11. None of these works. This is only a problem with windows 10 and 11, Windows 7 would run this program 100% perfectly natively with zero issues .. as long as I selected "Windows XP - SP3" in compatibility. There are a lot of very smart people in the forums here. I was wondering if there's something I'm missing somewhere. Is there some other compatibility layer, or some other compatibility program I can run to get this old version of ACDsee to work on Windows 10 or Windows 11? I hope the moderators don't get mad at me for posting this but this is the only way I can think of to get help. I have a copy of the original free trial version published by the software creators that made the program back when. It's 100% legal and free, a trial version. Here's a copy of that if someone wants to get it and play with it to see if you can figure it out: https://mega.nz/file/b0lWTCQL#IAbR26cF4a...DuCstrByMs I've scanned it on virustotal.com and it's clean. See that report here: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/329d...710707e72d It's nothing nefarious, it's just an old program that you can't easily find on the web today if you try searching for it. If anyone can figure this out I would be eternally grateful. It's just something I gave up on after migrating to windows 10 several years ago and I would like to have my old picture viewer program back some how.
Yes, you can turn off thumbnails in the Open dialog before moving to an image folder. You might also explore alternative editors such as GiMP or Paint.NET, or consider paid software like Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop Elements, which offers a one-time purchase instead of ongoing subscriptions.
I believe I’ve solved it. Someone messaged me with some solutions. It seems the issue lies in using my file server/NAS as a virtual network drive in Windows 10 and 11 (and also in Windows 7). Apparently, ACDsee 4’s profiling images/thumbnails on network drives cause problems, but local files work fine. It looks like the networking behavior of these OS versions is interfering rather than the software itself. Now I’ll need to keep a local copy of the files and find a scripted or automated method to sync the NAS with my local folders. This will involve some research on automation techniques. Also, I’ve tried all other programs, but none act like ACDsee 4 does.