[Sca-cooks] Mastercook Software n' such

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

On 19 Nov 2003, at 23:20, Anne-Marie Rousseau wrote:

> >Ok, so my harddrive crashed a bit ago, and I upgraded to WinXP and now
> >my mastercook software doesn't work  ie I cant even install.

I had a similar problem when my harddrive crashed, and my new computer 
was running Win ME.  After some hunting around the Web, I found a 
solution.  Because MC 4 is an old version, it checks to see if you're running 
Windows 3.1 or higher.  It does not recognize ME (or XP), so it concludes 
that your system doesn't meet its requirements.

When I searched Google to see if the same trick would work for WinXP, I 
found the following information on a homepage devoted to MasterCook.  (This 
is a cached version.  The original website isn't there anymore.)

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If you encounter functionality problems while running an older program
designed for Windows 95 or 98 under we recommend that you enable the
program to utilize Windows XP's Compatibility Mode.

To Uninstall The Program And Reinstall It Using The Windows Compatibility
Mode:

Uninstall the program using ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS or using the 
program's UNINSTALL icon
With the CD inserted in the drive, double click on MY COMPUTER.
Right click on the icon for your CD-ROM drive and click OPEN.
Right click on the file SETUP.EXE (If there is no setup.exe file, then right 
click on INSTALL.EXE
Select PROPERTIES from the drop-down menu
Click on the COMPATIBILITY tab.
Click on the check box for 'RUN THIS PROGRAM IN COMPATIBILITY 
MODE FOR:
Select WINDOWS 98 / WINDOWS ME in the pull down options and click OK
Double click on SETUP.EXE to install the program.
NOTE: If the Compatibility Mode does not work, it is VERY important to 
remove the Compatibility Mode by going back to the SETUP.EXE file and 
unchecking 'RUN THIS PROGRAM IN COMPATIBILITY MODE FOR'. If 
Compatibility Mode is not removed, it will not be possible to install the 
program in the normal WinXP mode.
If problems persist after installing the program, enable application
compatibility mode for the program itself.
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You could also try the trick I used to install MasterCook under Win ME.

1. delete any Mastercook program files that were copied to the harddrive.
2. temporarily disable anti-virus software.
3. when MC asks if it should check your system, answer NO.  (It will protest; 
just ignore that.)


I hope one of these works for you.


Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann
Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
rcmann4 at earthlink.net