New Laptop and Photoshop/Elements 2020

Question

I purchased Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 2020 on DVD and had them installed on our family PC until the PC died.  I am looking to buy a new laptop that will run these; however, I am concerned that they won't operate on Windows 11 which comes preinstalled on most of the machines I've been looking at.  Based on the comments I've seen on this site, they might run, they might not.   Would it be better to find a laptop that still has Windows 10 and stick with my 2020 discs, OR would it make more sense to get the Windows 11 and upgrade to Elements 22 which apparently is compatible?  And if so, will I be able to upgrade without a full-repurchase?

John T Smith · Answer

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Two ideas that MAY work to install and/or run old programs in Windows 10 or Windows 11
-RIGHT click the program icon or EXE and select a compatibility mode in the pop up option window
-and/or select Run as Administrator to assign FULL Windows permissions
-also https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/create-local-administrator-account-windows.html

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