Installing adobe Pagemaker

Adobe Pagemaker 6.5 runs on Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (e.g., https://www.cnet.com/products/adobe-pagemaker-6-5-v-6-5-box-pack-upgrade-1-user-0052650301056/specs/).  It's not at all surprising that it won't install on Windows 7.

Version 7 was the last version of Pagemaker.  It ran on Windows XP but that's it (https://www.adobe.com/support/products/pdfs/adobe_products_and_windows_vista.pdf):

Adobe PageMaker 7.x does not install or run on Windows Vista. Adobe announced in

2004 that it was ending development of PageMaker but would continue to sell and support

the current version. It does not plan to update PageMaker to support Windows Vista.

It's remotely possible that Pagemaker v. 7 would run on Windows 7 with "compatibility mode" set to XP sp3.  As Leviozar Gam said, your best source for such information would be the Adobe forums.  See, for example, the discussion here: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/934219

Hi Jagadishkakati,

I would like to assist you with this concern however, it's best that you post your concern at Adobe Forums to make sure that they will be able to provide the best version that you can install on your device.

Feel free to contact us back if you need further assistance.

Regards.