Installing Older Programs on Windows 10

Question

Greetings all-

Recently I had to send my computer in for repair and upon return was reset to factory defaults.  I had decided now would be a good time to upgrade to W10 which I was able to successfully.  Now I am attempting to install my programs back to it, one of which is MS Works which many of my older files were created with but don't seem to convert properly with a more recent version of MS Word, so I have enjoyed the fact that I have the installation disk and am able to use it on my other computers, however now that I have updated to W10 and am attempting to install it I am given a notification that it cannot install because it requires Internet Explorer 6 or greater.  I have also tried the compatibility wizard but it only works for installed programs.  Please help.

Answer 1

Which browser are you using? Have you ever opened IE to set it up if using Edge or a third party browser?

In the end MS Works 8 may not be compatible.

You can download Works 9 here: https://winworldpc.com/product/microsoft-works/9x

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Answer 2

What version of Works are you trying to install?

Have you tried running the setup.exe file in compatibility mode?

I run Works 9 on my Windows 10 pc.

Answer 3

Yes, I have tried running in compatibility mode but CM only goes up to Windows 8 on my computer.  I am attempting to install Works 8.

Answer 4

Further to my reply when using compatibility mode you choose the version of Windows which the software previously worked on - say Works 8 worked well on Windows 7 then you would choose that option.

Answer 5

This is the error message that I am receiving when attempting to installl MS Works 8