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Is a favorite older program of yours incompatible with Windows 10? Are you looking for a cheaper or free alternative to a popular productivity title? Then make a point to visit this handy reference site, which bears the tagline, "Which app do you want to replace?" Use the helpful search box to get started: Enter the program you are looking to find an alternative to in the blank provided, hit Search and then scour the results to find a match that fits your needs. Please note: If opting for a replacement program, know that your files should translate well from Lotus into your new spreadsheet program, but any macros or other Lotus-specific customizations may need to be recreated from scratch.
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The aforementioned Excel and Quattro Pro make fine alternatives, and both carry large libraries of templates to help make form building quick and painless. Instructions for doing using a program called DOSbox can be found in the third posting on the Beyond that, finding a replacement would be your best bet - and definitely easier to accomplish, at least in the short term. After that, you would need to launch this environment, and then Lotus from within it, in order to access Lotus or any piece of information found within your Lotus files.
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Although this article was written for the 95LX, the tips given should be useful to users of the new HP 100LX Palmtop PC - Editor.
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Once set up, you would need to install Lotus within that environment and then copy over any files associated with Lotus into it as well. Ed shows how you can use Lotus 1-2-3 keystroke macros or 95LX System Macros (User Defined Keys) to make using 1-2-3 on the HP 95LX a little easier. If you are intent on keeping Lotus 123, then one workaround is to install a program that creates a self-contained 32-bit environment within Windows 10. Given that, the 64-bit environment has become commonplace in computing. The difference between a 32-bit version of Windows and a 64-bit version involves how Windows processes the information found in its RAM-with the 64-bit version being much more efficient in handling RAM-based data and tasks, especially in large chunks. This is because the program requires a 32-bit environment to run successfully and most versions of Windows 10, generally speaking, are 64-bit.
In the meantime, rival programs like Microsoft’s Excel and Corel's Quattro Pro grew in popularity and have now established themselves as leaders in the spreadsheet world.Īs you've already discovered, the last versions of Lotus 123 are not compatible with Windows 10. IBM stopped selling and supporting the product in 2013. At one time, IBM actually controlled development and support for it, and the title proved so popular that many computer manufacturers featured it as noteworthy pre-installed program on home and office computers.
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Any ideas what to do? Or can you recommend another program that might work instead?Ī: Lotus 123 was a software title that specialized in spreadsheet and database productivity.
I use this program to produce some specific financial forms for my job, and it worked fine with Windows 7, but it's been nothing but trouble since I upgraded to Windows 10.
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Q: I am having trouble using Lotus 123 with my Windows 10 computer. Watch Video: Wipe your computer search history to start the new year And I hope others who have struggled with getting Lotus 123-R5 to work properly will also have their compatibility problems resolved by using the above. I sincerely hope this works for "sbgirling" who obviously is in need of a "Lotus 123-R5" solution. "Turn off advanced text services for this program". Use the following steps:ġ) Create a desktop shortcut for loading Lotus 123-R5.Ģ) Right-click on the desktop icon, and choose "Properties".ģ) Under the "Shortcut" tab, opposite "Run", specify "Normal window".Ĥ) Under the "Compatibility" tab, set the following.Ī) for "Compatibility mode", check off "Run this program in compatibility mode for", and then from the pulldown, choose "Windows 95". I've been able to get Lotus 123-R5 working completely without any problems whatsoever - in Windows XP. SOLUTION FOR LOTUS 123-R5 FOR USE WITH WINDOWS XP I'd be interested in knowing how you make out. Keep in mind too, that perhaps you haven't yet run into other compatibility problems that will be cured by the following steps. As the monitor changes resolution, you'll likely hear a "click" sound. I posted the following under the thread entitled "Is Lotus 123 Release 5 Compatible with Windows 2000" which has been around for a long time, so perhaps is being ignored.īecause these steps will result in "complete" compatibility - including proper screen resolution for which Release 5 was designed, I would strongly recommend ALL 123 Release 5 users adopt this method of launching 123.
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