Installing Old Program - Checks for version of Adobe 3.0...

[tarun625]

Hello,

I am attempting to install a piece of old software (lets call it MACE) from 1998 which comes pre-packaged with an Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 installer (everything is on a compact disc).

The MACE installer checks if a version of Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 (or later?) is installed on the machine (via the registry, I believe). If it does not detect Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0, it installs it directly from the disk.

For some reason, the installer is not detecting the modern version of Adobe (and bypassing the AAR 3.0 install). It automatically beings the install of the older version of Adobe. Further, the version of Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 on the install disk is incompatible with 64-bit Windows operating systems (which is what I'm working with, Windows 10 Home).

Is there a way to edit the registry so that the MACE installer will "think/realize" Adobe Reader is already installed?

Thank you for the help.

[Test Screen Name]

There is probably a way to trick the software. But there was no standard way to check whether Reader 3 was installed. This means you face an interesting challenge to try and guess what the MACE programmer Invented. I wouldn't like to try.

[tarun625]

Hi,

Thanks for the comment. I *think* I've found a workaround by installing the MACE disk onto a Virtual Machine that is running an old copy of 32-bit Windows 2000. So far, it is running pretty smoothly! Wooo!
Best,