richie22 Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 HiNew here. I need to run Lotus Organiser and it wont open in windows 7. I guess I need to run an older version something like windows 98 etc...any ideas how I get this application to work? Richie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 AFAIK Lotus Organiser runs OK on Win 7 - seehttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21411413 I have Lotus SmartSuite Millennium Edition 9 installed on the top rig in my sig and use 123 and Excel on a regular basis.Never found the need to use Organiser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie22 Posted March 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Its for the diary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Its for the diary! Yes - I know what it is, but I use Lightning in Thunderbird for my diary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie22 Posted March 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 No what I mean is, it has my diary for about 5 years, and if I cant open it I've lost the entries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 If you have it installed you could try this,Click Start, Click All Programs, Click IBM Lotus Organizer once. On Dropdown, right-mouse click IBM Lotus Organizer. Open Compatibility mode and check off "Disable desktop composition". Hit apply and OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie22 Posted March 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Ok ill try that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie22 Posted March 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Nothing in drivers, and nothing in playback timing master either when this happened. So, I unplugged the mike and restarted sonar, and now I have input and output drivers! No reason I can see. All is ok on one song, but on another song all the tracks are silent except for the vocal track! Its very trying, all I want to do is record,not fix odd things that seem to happen without a reason, but I also admit I am impatient and that gets me nowhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 I thought this thread was concerned with Lotus Organiser, not songs, tracks and recording (as per your #8 post, above). Have I misunderstood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie22 Posted March 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Okay wrong forum...its been a trying weekend for computer stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie22 Posted March 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Okay, problems continue..(right forum this time!) I cant open up organiser as it is , I tried right clicking on "troubleshoot compatibility" mode, but basically windows says; settings applied; windows compatibility mode windows xp service pack 2you need to start the program to make sure these settings fixed the problem, after running the program using these settings click next to contimue. please test the program before continuing....but no it still will not run. I have the cd but that wont run on windows 7 either? Ideas? Richie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Which version does it say on the CD. If it "won't run" on Windows 7 it may be damaged ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie22 Posted March 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 It doesnt say except its for windows 3.1/95/98. Since last post I thought I'd cracked it.Using a compatibility mode it actually loaded from the CD. But as soon as I tried to open i from the icon, ittold me it was a 45 day trial version(it isnt, I bought it) and then up came a meaningless error message saying something like "message not found" and then it stops working and will not go further. I've spent a few hours on this now, I'm thinking of maybe buying an old pc running '98 and loading it on there. All I want to do is print off my diaries since 2004 and then I'm sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 OK Richie, this is a long shot. Just take a look through the post in my link below:http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/310535/how-to-load-lotus-organizer-21-in-a-new-windows-7-laptop/?p=2549465 Not sure if it will work for you - I can't test it, I don't have Lotus Organiser. Good luck!Please let us know if it helps. :) P.S. It is probably worth uninstalling the previous attempt before trying again. Revo uninstaller is a useful tool - be sure to select the FREE download (scroll down the page):http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie22 Posted March 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Hi and thanks.Okay, I followed your advice, however, after clicking on "apply" I then double click the install exe file, and I get the same old error message windows wont run as it isnt compatible etc....have I missed a step out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Have you tried to run it in Windows 98 Compatibility Mode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie22 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Yes it gives a few choices, '95 '98 xp etc...tried them all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Is that a 16-bit app by any chance? If so, there is no way to run it on Windows 7 or 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 As you presumably have your Organiser files backed up, what file format are they ? - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Lotus_OrganizerThis should help to identify the version that you have. That page also saysIn regard to Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit editions), IBM states:“The 32-bit version and 64-bit version of Windows 7 are supported by IBM/Lotus. No major compatibility issues have been reported when running SmartSuite or Organizer on the Windows 7 rawversion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie22 Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Its .or2 so an early version, version 2. Don't agree with IBM though! I'll keep trying stuff.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Just a very long shot ! How about copying the file, saving the copy as a .csv and then opening it in Excel ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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