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
    2010-08-24T13:37:28+00:00

    I too have been usng Picture it for years, it's very frustrating that I can't use any of my cool tools, I thought Windows 7 was supposed to be the best out there, I can't do anything with it.

    I will go back to XP so I can use all my programs that I like and paid for . 

    Very sad ploy to make money Microsoft!   I'm Disappointed.....

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-08-24T13:36:42+00:00

    I too have been usng Picture it for years, it's very frustrating that I can't use any of my cool tools, I thought Windows 7 was supposed to be the best out there, I can't do anything with it.

    I will go back to XP so I can use all my programs that I like and paid for . 

    Very sad ploy to make money Microsoft!   I'm Disappointed.....

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-08-20T21:06:58+00:00

    mgarr76, By saving the files you can access them from 7 or XP because you can go back and forth between the two.  I only had to install my printer in to XP because I didn't have a program in 7 that had a template to print out my cards.  BUT, I can save a collage as a jpeg file into XP, and then switch over to 7 and print it out of Windows Live.  You'll have to experiment a little bit, but I'm sure you will find a way to make it work.  :  )

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-08-20T16:15:50+00:00

    Elle 66, Sorry I am a bit slow, so are you saying that even on the Virtual XP box you have access to use the printers and scanners that are installed on windows 7 without having to install them on the virtual box? I haven’t done the installation yet as you can tell, because this is for a machine at my parent’s house. They have a mom/pop t-shirt business that they use this program on.

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