PageMaker 7.0 and Windows 10

The correct answer is that Adobe whom does fabulous programming WITHIN a program cannot write clean and coherent code outside that app ... one that interfaces with Windows well. So we have stupid crap like difficulty with custom install paths and LOUSY housekeeping, with excessive disk accesses while loading up your temp directory with all sorts of junk that it can't be bothered with removing later. To classify the CC app as malware is not off base. Native Adobe apps have ALWAYS been this way though ..

To the point though ...
What blocks a successful PM7 (in my case) install is the overactive, overprotective Creative Cloud app. Sign out and kill it from system tray and PM will install. Does the same (I think) as booting up in Safe Mode without actually doing so. Pathetic Adobe .. really pathetic

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I had the same problem as others, namely PM65 would not run on Win10. Since I have a gazillion PM docs I want to access, this was a major bummer. But fear not, I found a solution: (1) Create a shortcut to PM65.EXE (2) Edit the shortcut properties (3) Under "Compatibility", set "Run this program in compatibilty mode" for Windows 7 or other. This worked perfectly for me.

I just installed Pagemaker 7 on my Windows 10 (update 1909) laptop.. Works just fine.

Pagemaker 7 was an upgrade from Pagemaker 6.5 so it required the serial number from that version. The software was on a CD which I copied to a USB drive and installed it from there. Auto play wouldn't run so I went into the folder for Pagemaker 7 and clicked the .exe file and it installed with no problems at all.

Hi jerry_ls46071124. Did you get it to run OK. Inquisitive minds would really like to hear. Thanks.

Hi Charlie072,

thank you for mentioning this. I hope you also have InDesign CS6 ( or a version below ) running.

Then you could help others for converting PageMaker files to InDesign.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

I am still using Pagemaker 7.0.....on Windows 10!  No online support, but no problems so far.  I do have InDesign by the way.

Although I have enjoyed reading this thread, I wonder if someone can move it to the PageMaker forum:Adobe PageMaker?

PageMaker 6.0 (yes, version 6.0, © 1985-1995) definitely would not run under Windows 7 Pro (32) on my system. However, it seems to work quite well under Windows 10 Pro, including file and print operations. Some apps, such as the Microsoft Edge browser, may cause PM6 to hang when starting or closing (just exit the offending app to recover), so close whatever other apps you don't need before using PageMaker 6.0. Because the ancient PM6 application actually runs under Windows 10, there would seem to be a high probability that later versions such as PageMaker 6.5 and 7.0 may also perform decently. Also remember that you can revert from Windows 10 to back to your earlier Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 system for up to one month after upgrading.

Hi All

Faced the same problems a few years ago:  namely how to get PM65 (installed on XP) to work on Win 7.

Answer: Don't try installing the software. It won't.

1. Just copy the entire \pm65 directory under 'Program Files' in XP to the 32-bit directory in Win7 C:\Program Files (x86).

2. Create a shortcut on the desktop with the correct starting dir.

3.  There is a small file in the PM dir that can be clicked on and it places info into the registry. It has a .reg name.

     Start the program first using the shortcut and if it doesn't work, double click this and it will automatically be enetered into the registry.

     By the way, the small file can be edited (or just looked at) with a simple text editor.

4.  Now start the program.

It should work perfectly. Reads old files, makes new ones, etc. I've been using it for some time now.

Although PM65 may be old, the paradigm of moving through the book horizontally is far superior to anything else.

Making PDFs. I first installed the latest 'black background' Acrobat 10 I think. Hard to use. Difficult to see.

Deleted it and now use Acrobat 8 which does everything I need it to do. ie. print to Adobe PDF.

Have been happily creating books using the software. Won't upgrade to Win10 because I can't be bothered with the enormous disruption for no gain at all.

ADDED EXTRA. many programs that won't re-install on Win7, 8 or 10 could very well work using a similar method of transfer. Occasionally you might need to tweak the registry.

IF you expe ct to work in future Years on the same project, e. g.  for an actualized second edition, stop immediately working on PageMaker, subscribe to CC, install CS6, convert this (and other projects you need to keep), and work on with the current version of InDesign. Otherwise you will loose any access to your digital work in very short time, as any possibility to convert PageMaker files is gone.