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Visio 5+ Installation on Win 7 64 bit machine

Anonymous
2010-09-25T18:13:56+00:00

I need to install Visio Pro 2003 which is an upgrade.  The computer will not except the Visio 5+ cd because it is a 16 bit program.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-12-07T13:28:33+00:00

    win 7 x64 does not accept 16bit applications (so you can stop asking about any 16bit applications). my suggestion was to consider loading the XP virtual machine onto Win7 and then loading visio into the XP virtual machine. Assumes you didn't 'go cheap' on the Win 7 version as well. I keep my down level images of Visio on XP virtual systems.

    al

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-12-06T09:41:33+00:00

    Dear sir,

      Please informed me how to installed visio technical 5 for win7 prof. X64 bit.

    Thanks.

    Arpan Sahoo

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  3. John Marshall Visio MVP 4,686 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2010-09-25T18:59:16+00:00

    The upgrade policy for any version of Microsoft Visio was for any version of Visio since it became a Microsoft product. Visio 5 was released by ShapeWare/Visio Corporation. Their last version was Visio 2000. Microsoft's first version was Microsoft  Visio 2000 (Visio 2000 with a few patches plus MS branding.)

    So Visio 5 will not be an acceptable product for the upgrade.

    The last version of Visio that was released for 16 bit was Visio 4.1, Visio 5 was only released as a 32 bit program. (See Visio Historyhttp://visio.mvps.org/History.htm (yes, I know, that I need to update that page ;-) ) )

    John... the original Visio MVP (since 1993) Visio.MVPs.org

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-04-08T12:12:37+00:00

    Since the home system appears to be Win7, you might consider installing Win 7 XP mode and then installing your down level versions of Visio on it.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/windows-xp-mode

    al

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  5. Anonymous
    2011-04-08T01:11:06+00:00

    My case is similar but my upgrade version is Visio Pro 2002 instead of 2003.

    I bought a new laptop and uninstalled Visio Pro 2002 (that required the Visio 5 to be fully installled on the machine to proceed) off my retired home PC. This all worked fine in XP.

    The Visio Pro 2002 won't load because it wants Visio 5 installed and as the thread leader points out Visio 5 won't load on Windows 7. I would be willing to buy an upgrade If I would know the installer covers cases like this perhaps by verifying the visio 5 disk then then visio 2002, then then latest.

    In cases such as mine I really just trying to have at home the tool I use at work for the odd project and I can't justify repurchasing something I have on my work laptop because the version's came from the other company.

    Thanks for the history link and policy clarification. I can't say I agree with it. Most of us would keep upgrading but I can't spend $900 for a product I'll use a handful of times in a year so I will turn on my work laptop and make magical Visio drawings there.

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