will Lotus SmartSuite run on Windows 7?

Anonymous
2009-10-14T16:39:10+00:00

Planning on updating office computer. Our Tech doesn't think our lotus will run on the new Windows 7 64 bit. Need to confirm.

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Anonymous
2009-10-14T21:31:46+00:00

IBM is marketing Lotus now, so it's up to them.  http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/smartsuite/

If it works on Vista, it's very likely to work on Win7.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-01-08T19:27:50+00:00

    I am trying to install Lotus 123  9.8 on a Win 7( home & home office)  64  bit laptop. I progress with setup.exe until the program relects the C & D ( the Lotus DVD) drives and tells me that there is not enough room on D.

    I am unable to switch to C drive.

    It does indicate, on a previous screen,  that it will install to c:\lotus.

    Any ideas?

    I tried copying the Lotus DVD to C\documents  then rebooting. I get the same error message " Not enough room on D drive. D drive ie empty.

    Thanks for your help.

    Ralph

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-01-02T06:15:39+00:00

    I think what is causing this is the install needs a location for the temporary install files. Since the DVD drive can't hold them, the install fails.

    What I did was:

    1. change the dvd drive letter to other than d:
    2. copy the install files to a flash drive and mount it as a d: drive
    3. run setup from there.

    It worked for me.

    Mike

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-12-20T18:51:21+00:00

    I got the same errors from autorun. Escape out and follow the advise of the others. i.e.  x:\run\setup.exe  Worked for me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-12-20T18:48:09+00:00

    Encouraged by some of these posts, I tried lots of things short of running in XP mode to install SmartSuite both Release 3 and Millenium ver 9.8 and ver on 64 bit Win 7 Pro machine last June (2011). Nothing worked.

    Decided to try again after focusing elsewhere for a few months. Ver 9.8 installed right away from x:\run\setup.exe as indicated above. Windows must automatically reset screen colors to basic but all seems to be in working order. I still have some important files in lotus that I'd rather not have to recreate. I'm very happy.

    Can't explain why it worked this time. Just thought I'd log my experience as a way of encouragement for others.

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