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This is similar to this question but mine is a little different. Are there any common Windows applications for which XP Mode is recommended or even required?

For instance, Visual Studio 6.0: is XP Mode recommended or could/should I simply install it on plain Windows 7?

I think this should be useful to know if you want to install some application in Win7 and want to have the best environment available.

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Since this is essentially a poll question it should probably be made a community wiki. – EBGreen Sep 8 '09 at 14:53
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For Visual Studio 6.0 I think you better run it in XP-Mode.

VS 6.0 as already some trouble running on Vista so I don't wanna see it on Windows 7. Moreover this software is now realy old so your best bet will be to run it in XP Mode.

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Actually, if at all possible, you really better upgrade to VS 2008 (or even 2010 which is coming soon hopefully) – kkaploon Sep 9 '09 at 9:54
Of course he should, but let say it's a enterprise that have is own application developped in VB6, they maybe not want to convert they vb6 project into a vb10 project. I already tried to convert a VB6 project into a VB8 (2008) project and he broke all the file, I had to recode the majority of the application to make it work, no realy wise... – Marc-Andre R. Sep 9 '09 at 15:28
@Fox yes, that's it. I have VS2008 but some legacy applications must still be compiled with VS6. – djeidot Sep 16 '09 at 13:51
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Quicken 2000 apparently has some display issues under Windows 7, but is fine under XP mode (but I'm keeping the data files in the Win7 host system).

I'll also be running my scanner, which lacks Vista/7 drivers in XP mode.

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Have you gotten your scanner working? I'm trying to get my Canon Digital Rebel working under XP Mode, and strange things are happening... – Nathan DeWitt Sep 9 '09 at 13:12
Not yet... it is well down my to do list :-( Plan to switch Win7 RC to RTM next week, so should do it before then. – Richard Sep 10 '09 at 11:34
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I'm not sure why you would use XP mode for any application that would work on Windows 7. The only application I use on it is PageMaker 7.0 which will not run on Windows 7.

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I can't see using XP mode very often. Only for very old applications and testing purposes really. Basically, if it runs in Vista, it will run in Windows 7 (with exceptions, of course).

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Visual Studio 6.0 works just fine in Win7. Just like in Vista, you may have to click OK for Microsoft's announced "compatibility problems", for Visual Studio itself and all its other components (such as the compiler).
As noted above, there's not much difference between Vista & Win7 except user interface and some tuning.

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I plan on using my Canon Digital Rebel XT in XP mode until Canon releases a 64-bit driver for Vista/Win 7.

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Can't you treat your camera as a USB external drive and just use Explorer (or command line) to copy files. I've never installed any camera drivers because they never seem to do much that is useful. – Richard Sep 10 '09 at 11:35
My wife used the utility that came with the camera to pull all her photos into folders based on the date she took them. I have found exiftool that does the same thing, but using the tool was much more automatic. Then there's the whole RAW workflow if you care about that kind of thing... – Nathan DeWitt Sep 10 '09 at 16:13
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