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Compatability Mode in Win 7 #899130
07/05/13 01:30 PM
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I've been trying to download a "virtual" 3D room from the Lazy-Boy site where you can place furniture to see how it would look in your room and if it would fit.
Evidently there is a problem with Win7 and this "add-on", as they call it, and they say I should run this this program as "administrator", which I am. Still no go, so they say to open the 3D program in compatibility mode, but how do I do that? All I'm doing is clicking on a "button" to download the program. I'm not sure how to do what they're suggesting to me. Is this do-able?


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Re: Compatability Mode in Win 7 [Re: Mary] #899188
07/05/13 05:05 PM
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I went to the website and my options were to Launch either the 3D or 2D Room Planner. I'm using the Firefox browser. I clicked on the Launch 3D Room Planner. Then I'm taken to a screen with a EULA and then a button is presented for me to Install Player. The next screen is just text with Install Player in Blue.

I then got a warning that Firefox was not allowing the Player to install with an option to go ahead and install it anyway... which I did. I got another warning about only allowing add-ons you trust. After that the Planner installed.

I suspect there is not a problem with Windows 7, but with your browser. I installed it on Windows 8. Are you using Internet Explorer? Are you getting any messages about the download either at the top or bottom of the page?


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Re: Compatability Mode in Win 7 [Re: Mary] #899203
07/05/13 06:04 PM
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If I try to use IE 10, I hit the button to launch the 3D player, I check the user agreement button, click on install planner, get to a screen that says "please wait while player downloads" and while the hourglass does it's thing, all I see is a white screen with the outline of a small box. That's it, I go no further.

If I use Firefox, I get a bit further: I get to a screen that says "loading 20-20 Virtual Planner, please wait". Then some choices come up about the type of the floor and wall covering; when I make my selections, it's back to a mostly blank page with nothing happening and the "loading 20-20 virtual planner" message again. I see no EULA along the way.

Jenny100, I got the email saying you had posted on this topic, but I can't find your message on this thread. Yes, the link you posted is the one I'm talking about.


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Re: Compatability Mode in Win 7 [Re: Mary] #899397
07/06/13 04:12 PM
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Is it possible your antivirus is blocking some browser functionality that it thinks might be dangerous?

Re: Compatability Mode in Win 7 [Re: Mary] #899422
07/06/13 06:51 PM
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Jenny, I'm not getting any sort of message from Norton saying it's blocking anything, so I don't know if Norton is causing a problem. I'll try shutting Norton down long enough for me to try to download the 3D planner again, or do you think it's unwise of me to try that?

How do I get IE to run in compatibility mode, as the site is asking me to do?


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Re: Compatability Mode in Win 7 [Re: Mary] #899435
07/06/13 08:52 PM
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Maybe they're suggesting you use the "Compatibility View" option of Internet Explorer (which is not the same as running a program in Compatibility Mode).

Here's a site that talks about Compatibility View in IE 10.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/use-compatibility-view

Re: Compatability Mode in Win 7 [Re: Mary] #899452
07/06/13 09:52 PM
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Jenny,
Thank you, thank you, thank you! After months of trying all sorts of things, the Compatibility VIEW option worked perfectly and the program opened right up with no problem!


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Re: Compatability Mode in Win 7 [Re: Mary] #899465
07/06/13 11:57 PM
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Oh good!
Glad you got it working.

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