Any success running TCS/FrameMaker on M1 Mac?

[Alan Houser]

Just sending this flare as I continue to work on the issue...

Have any of you successfully run TCS or even just FrameMaker on an M1 Mac? Here's the situation I'm encountering:

• Microsoft no longer provides a Windows 10 image for ARM-based processors. You can only install Windows 11 (BTW, which Microsoft claims provides full backwards application compatibility with Windows 10).
• It's no longer possible to install Internet Explorer on Windows 11. Only Microsoft Edge is supported.

Here's what I'm seeing thus far (in a Windows 11 VM under Parallels):

• The TCS installer initially terminated on launch, with message "Your browser or operating system is no longer supported. You may need to install the latest updates to your operating system". Applying the Adobe registry modifications for bypassing the IE 11 requirement appeared to fix this problem.

• FrameMaker terminates on launch with "The code execution cannot proceed because atmlib.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem". I've also searched for a copy of 'atmlib.dll' on my Windows 10 filesystem, without success. (I've attempted multiple re-installs from both the TCS and stand-alone FrameMaker installers).

If anybody can report success and/or provide a path forward, I would be grateful to learn of it!

-Alan Houser

[pdeitel]

My understanding is that Windows ARM **can** emulate x64. But for the life of me, I can't get the x64 Framemaker to install. I don't need anything other than the ability to edit Frame files and produce PS output. 

[diver314]

sorry for the semantics but the question is if Parallels emulation for WinARM on M1, M2 (with a windows ARM license you download and install) "emulates" or runs programs developed for X64 Intel architecture. The current Framemaker installer does nor recognize and braks out. Even if you somehow succeed, as shown on this site, you are left with problems of postscript and many others. 

[Alan Houser]

This thread is now more than two years old, but it seemed to be popular, so I thought I would check on any updates here.

I don't see any evidence that "Update 3 of FrameMaker (September 2022 release)" will install on Windows 11 running on an M1 Mac. When I attempt to run the installer, I get "Installer is corrupt. Please re-download the installer and try again". I do not believe the error message is correct.

Has anybody successfully installed FrameMaker 2022 on Windows 11 running on an M1 Mac? Thus far, I'm still running FrameMaker 2020, installed via the "atmlib.dll" hack mentioned previously.

Thanks in advance!

-Alan Houser

[Isaac21880176y11e]

I tried to install Framemaker on M1 running the latest parallel and windows 11 and got the same error as Houser. Any new ideas ?

[pdeitel]

For any of you who did not see this posted:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker-discussions/private-beta-for-framemaker-on-arm-processor-b...