Microsoft Picture It incompatability with Windows 7 and alternatives for .mix files.

Anonymous
2009-12-18T06:22:35+00:00

I have been using Microsoft Picture It for years to design tons of graphics for my business and now I have purchased a new pc loaded with Windows 7 and find that my true love Picture It! is not compatable.  I never dreamed this would be the case for a software that isn't even a decade old or that new pc I just spent thousands on would be sitting right back at the store it came from.  I really feel that Microsoft has cheated me out of something I paid for and invested so much work in by making it unusable and it has brought my small business to a standstill.  What other program is available that is compatable with Windows 7 that will allow me to edit and view existing .mix and other Picture It! format files and contain all the capabilities of Picture It?  I would be willing to purchase additional software from Microsoft to make Picture It compatable to Windows 7 if necessary.

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Anonymous
2011-03-14T18:21:06+00:00

Hello all,

I know that you are all disappointed that Microsoft Picture It is not compatible with Windows 7. 

Your feedback would be better heard if you send it to the Windows 7 Feedback site.

http://mymfe.microsoft.com/Windows%207/Feedback.aspx?formID=195

These are your options when software is not compatible:

If the program is not compatible, then you may try to install and run the program in compatibility mode.

Use the following steps:

1)      Right click on the Program

2)      Click on Properties

3)      Click on Compatibility tab

4)      Select Run this program in compatibility mode and select Windows XP, Windows Vista or whatever operating system the program was running successfully.

Refer to the link here: Make older programs run in this version of Windows

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-Windows

If you run Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate version, install Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx) and execute your software in Windows XP.

If you run Windows 7 Home Premium, try VirtualBox (www.virtualbox.org) or VMware Player

(www.vmware.com) or any other 3party virtualization software and install a separate copy of Windows XP (either Home Edition or Professional) for that purpose. You can find virtualization software free of charge that will run on Windows 7 Home Premium. 

Sincerely,

Marilyn

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-06-04T23:34:58+00:00

    What version "Picture It' are you trying to use? 

    My old Windows XP computer that I purchased in 2005 came with "Microsoft Works Suite 2004."  Included in those discs was "Microsoft Picture It Photo Premium 9."  I agree.  It's a terrific software progam.  I used it ALL of the time.  This past December, I purchased a Windows 7 computer.  I took that old "Picture It" disc and it loaded with no problem to the new Windows 7 computer! All designs and features remained the same.  Nothing was different.

    Is this the same "Picture It" that you are talking about?

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-06-04T17:26:37+00:00

    I have been using Microsoft Picture It for years to design tons of graphics for my business and now I have purchased a new pc loaded with Windows 7 and find that my true love Picture It! is not compatable.  I never dreamed this would be the case for a software that isn't even a decade old or that new pc I just spent thousands on would be sitting right back at the store it came from.  I really feel that Microsoft has cheated me out of something I paid for and invested so much work in by making it unusable and it has brought my small business to a standstill.  What other program is available that is compatable with Windows 7 that will allow me to edit and view existing .mix and other Picture It! format files and contain all the capabilities of Picture It?  I would be willing to purchase additional software from Microsoft to make Picture It compatable to Windows 7 if necessary.

    I agree 100%!!  I relied on Microsoft Picture It as well.

    We just received Windows 7 this past November and I cannot

    believe that it is not compatible with Windows 7.

    I want my Windows XP computer back.

    I am so frustrated and cannot comprehend why Windows 7 was not made

    to accept Picture It. It is a fantastic program!!! Everything was done it.

    Is there an alternative program for Windows 7?

    Microsoft: If you're listening...Picture It! 2000 users (myself included) are willing to PAY for files/fix to be able to utilize a VALUED, beloved, personal & business tool you put on the market.  This tool is essential to my work!.

    Would you have some decency (right) and address this issue? Blowing customers off, w/o commenting, stunningly adds to public opinion Microsoft is out of touch, devastatingly UNCARING.

    Perhaps a social media campaign, to bring this to Microsoft's direct attention might help.

    Anyone inclined to twitter, etc., about this outrage, let me know. Enough to move to Linux.

    Ron - ******@mail.com

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-04-26T22:09:22+00:00

    Had your computer been connected to the internet yet , when you loaded the disk?

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-04-26T22:00:44+00:00

    i already have ONe program that has been discontinued… no desire to buy another one that has ALREADY been discontinued

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