Why does Windows 7 Professional NOT allow FM 7.2 installation?

Have you tried using FrameMaker 11 to open the FrameMaker 7 files? It might just work.

If FrameMaker 7 fails to open them, you can also try a "heroic open":

https://forums.adobe.com/search.jspa?q=heroic%20open

vptworacle,

I have no problem running FM-7.2.0.0 on my W7-x64 (professional) system. I have even FM-6.0p405 running:

However, the installion my be tricky: Setting up my new laptop last year I started with installing FM-6, then 7 ... So finally dobuleclicking on a file opens FM-13. But starting FM-7.2 and then opening files is no problem.

Regarding the setting of compatibility in the FM-7.2 FrameMaker.exe file: I have not set any of the options (also not at FM-6).

Klaus Daube

My bet is that Win7 dropped some crucial APIs that FM7 relies on. I'll bet that even if you use the Compatibility Mode dodge to get FM7.2 to install, the Acrobat components won't work. Also, if your Win7 is in 64-bit mode, that alone would break things, as FM7 reportedly didn't run in XP/64.

What you probably can do is install XP Mode, and then install FM7.2 in that. This is how I run FM7.0 on Win7Pro64. For details see: Re: FrameMaker Error

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