How to install Photoshop 5.0LE on Windows7 64bit?

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December 7, 2011
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Greetings, and new here. Did a search but didn't come up with anything helpful, just a lot of very technical stuff. I am very simply trying to use an old version of Photoshop 5.0LE that I got with a camera I bought on a new PC with Windows7 Pro 64bit. I use Photoshop sparingly, but do on occasion and do not wish to purchase anything more elegant as I have no need and not much money. I appreciate any help you might give. I have heard there is a process but haven't been able to get it to even open the .exe file to try to install it. I get a message something like "This version of Photoshop does not work with Windows7," (kinda makes me wonder why I even upgraded the OS since the XP Pro I had on my old machine worked very well with all my programs. Please help. Thanks. Highdesertdweller

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financetech

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Hi,

you can copy across an old XP installation.

On an XP machine copy the Photoshop 5.0 LE program folder from C:\Program\Adobe onto a USB stick. Then also copy the all the DLLs from C:\Windows (there are usually 6 or so), and also copy pcdlib32.dll from C:\Windows\system32.

On the Windows 7 machine copy the Photoshop 5.0 LE folder from the USB stick across to C;\Program Files and also drop all the DLLs into the Photoshop folder.

On the Windows 7 machine in the Photoshop folder right click on photosle.exe and choose Properties - Compatibility tab and then choose "Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows XP (service pack 3).

John

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Anonymous

An inexpensive alternative to Photoshop CS x is Photoshop Elements. About $100 and has most of features, probably more than PS 5, and it is compatible with current operating systems.

Noel Carboni

Legend

Given that I've found Photoshop 6.0 works okay on Windows 7 without using XP Mode (but with UAC turned off), I wonder if 5.5 would... Somewhere around here I have an old copy of that; maybe one day I'll try it.

-Noel

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HighdesertdwellerAuthor

Participant

Done. Thanks, Chris.

John T Smith

Community Expert

You answered yourself before I got here, but... http://windowssecrets.com/newsletter/using-windows-7s-xp-mode-step-by-step/

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HighdesertdwellerAuthor

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John, I didn't answer myself, I was just responding to Chris, moderator on another forum here, who asked me to post my question here instead of where I initially posted it, which was on the "Installations" forum.

So, I still need more info. I tried the compatibility mode approach in Windows7 but got nowhere. Tried all the XP versions but came up empty.

Curt, thanks for the tip on Elements, and I may have to do that but am really strapped and the $100, although not an arm or a leg, will definitely be a few fingers.

Noel, what do you mean "with the UAC turned off?" Maybe I haven't tried that, but won't know until you tell me what UAC stands for and how to turn it off. Sorry, not that savvy and appreciate your indulgence and patience.

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