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Author Topic: Does not work on Windows 8 Pro. As in: at all  (Read 7408 times)

Creature

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Does not work on Windows 8 Pro. As in: at all
« on: January 01, 2014, 05:24:39 am »
Hi all. I used Anim8or many years ago and wanted to check it out again. Unfortunately, after I download it and try to run it, nothing happens. I unzip and double-clock in the exe and nothing comes up at all. I am using Windows 8 Pro 64 bit on a Microsoft Surface Pro. I tried searching the forums to see if anyone else had this problem, but the search won't work, it says all words must be at least 2 characters long (the number 8 in "Windows 8" is not two characters long).

Hardware specs:
http://www.cnet.com/laptops/microsoft-surface-with-windows/4507-3121_7-35332542.html
« Last Edit: January 01, 2014, 05:36:25 am by Creature »
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lppena

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Re: Does not work on Windows 8 Pro. As in: at all
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2014, 12:53:25 pm »
Have you tried running it in Compatibility mode for Windows XP Service pack 3?
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Re: Does not work on Windows 8 Pro. As in: at all
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2014, 07:56:55 pm »
Yep. I tried all available compatibility modes.
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Re: Does not work on Windows 8 Pro. As in: at all
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2014, 01:15:58 am »
what versiom of anim8or are you using?
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Re: Does not work on Windows 8 Pro. As in: at all
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2014, 03:19:14 am »
I used to have a surface pro. I'm fairly certain I got it to work, though I can't remember the specifics. Are you using Anim8or v0.98?

Also, update all your drivers.
« Last Edit: January 02, 2014, 03:34:17 am by Raxx »
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Re: Does not work on Windows 8 Pro. As in: at all
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2014, 08:01:54 am »
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Re: Does not work on Windows 8 Pro. As in: at all
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2014, 04:57:00 pm »
I don't have a Windows 8 computer so I can't tell what's wrong.

dwsel, Anim8or uses 32b code so unfortunately that doesn't help.
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