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XP mode is a Virtual PC instance of the Microsoft Windows XP operating system packaged for Windows 7.

XP Mode is a Windows XP installation packaged by Microsoft for a Virtual PC integrated into Windows 7. The virtual machine is preconfigured to map the host drives in the guest XP and the programs that are installed in the guest are directly accessible via Windows 7 start menu.

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How can I run my Windows CE project from within Visual Studio (2003)?

I'm working on a legacy app that needs to be continued in VS 2003; I cannot effectively debug it, though, because when I try to run it, I get the following dialog: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deploy Choose…
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How do you debug Django sites using Win 7 XP Mode?

I am developing a Django site using Windows 7 as my dev environment. I have IE6 running through XP mode. Accessing my site through localhost:8000 doesn't work in IE6 (probably since it is still running a VM). Is there a way to access my site in IE6…
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How do I get the Virtual Machines folder on Win7?

I'm writing a tool called XP-More, which should help manage Windows 7 Virtual Machines. The first thing the tool has to do when launched is find the VM folder. However, turns out that folder is not listed as a Windows Special Folder. I use a…
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How can I programmatically access the C Drive on an XPMode Virtual Machine?

Normally, when I build my (Windows CE/.NET prehistoric.archaic) app in Visual Studio 2003 in XP Mode (embedded within -- if that's the correct terminology -- a Windows 7 machine), I copy it from its location on the Virtual Machine's C drive to a…
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How do I get VS2010 in XPMode to see SQL server running on the host Win7 OS?

HI, I've got Windows XP Mode running on Wndows 7 Professional x64. I have an instance of SQL 2008 running on Windows 7 which I would like my copy of VS2010b2 Pro running inside WinXPMode to see. However, I cannot figure out the right combination…
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Cassini with Windows 7 XP Mode

Is there a way to access the Cassini local web server from Windows 7's XP mode? I'm developing on the Windows 7 host machine using Cassini, but would like to test in IE6 running inside the Windows XP guest.
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Can I Sync Pocket Access on Windows 7?

I have to sync a Pocket Access database with Access on the PC. WMDC won't let me do that and ActiveSync won't run on Vista so I can't do it. Works great on XP. Windows 7 has an XP mode. It runs XP in a virtual machine or something like…
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Old XP software on Windows 7 Compatibility Mode

I have an old video player software that works happily on XP but refuses to play in Windows 7. I have tried "Compatibility Mode", which of course doesn't work (does it ever?) The software plays proprietary CCTV video files and is the only software…
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Run Device Emulator 3.0 (WM6.5) in Windows XP Mode

Is it possible to run Windows XP Mode within Windows 7, install Visual Studio 2008, and use Device Emulator 3.0 (using a Windows Mobile 6.5 image)? So far, I can get the image to run, but no matter what I do, I can't seem to get the network to work…
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Network communication with Windows 7 XP mode

To test a UDP device discovery function without needing a separate computer on my desk, I'd like to test it by making it find an application running in the 'XP mode' virtual PC window on my Windows 7 machine. However, I'm having difficulty getting…
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how to detect if my program is running under "windows xp mode" under windows 7

Background: Windows-xp mode of windows-7 does not give full windows instance (unlike VMWare virtual machine instance). There are restrictions on writing files to 'c:/Program Files' etc, which comes into effect when user is installing our software…
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How to license XP Mode on Hyper-V

Like many others I have upgraded from Win7 to Win10 and have run into problems trying to activate the license for the XP Mode VM in Hyper-V. The XP Mode VM starts up just fine but I get prompted for activation during logon. I don't need to use it in…
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How can I bind my VS 2003 / XP Mode Project to the appropriate Server folders location with TFS?

Somehow my project got its source control bindings mixed up, and I'm trying to bind the local files to the correct place on the server. I am trying first to unbind the project, but when I then try to set up the binding anew and "Add Solution to…
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Running application in XP Mode and Outlook

I have a legacy Windows XP application that I am trying to support. I have been able to set it up to run as an XP-Mode application. The problem I have is that this application is able to create emails to send invoices to customers. I have…
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QuickReport and Windows 7 XP Mode

I have an application developed in Delphi 5 that works very well in Windows 7 using the XP Mode, except for one code: TQRCompositeReport.Prepare That function only works if I am using an administrator account. If I am using an account that don't…
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