Error what does the dialogue representing the error can't run 16-bit windows program

16 bit software is not compatible with 64-bit engines.
The lowest number of software bits, called bit width, a 64b system can sometimes run if lucky, is 32b.
16 bits is the equivalent of 1 byte.
64 bits is therefore 4 bytes wide.
This means that the 64b system reads digitally coded instructions 4 bytes at a time, as one function to perform.
So if it tries to read all 4 bytes of a 16 bit 1 byte program it just sees meaningless garbage.
In fact, the header of the program file will ID it as 16 bits so that the 64 bit system knows not to even try to run it, as random weird instructions could corrupt or damage the computer.

You should navigate to the setup file on the disc, right click, select 'Properties', choose the 'Compatibility' tab, select the 'Run in compatibility mode for:' checkbox, select 'Windows 98/Windows ME'. Then run the setup program.

Alternatively, you could right click on the setup file and choose the 'Troubleshoot Compatibility' option.

The problem here is that you likely have Windows 7 x64 which has little support for 16 bit programs. You may be able to run your program in Windows Virtual PC (XP mode) if you installed it, but the program will likely run rather slowly.

If the solutions I have provided do not work, then I hate to say this, but you are out of luck.

Yes, that is an annoying issue. the only solution appears to be that BodyWorks needs to offer a 64 bit program. MANY people are going to be running into this as their equipment fails and gets replaced.

My Start Menu>Control Panel>Programs and Features>Windows Live Essentials 2011- Right click>REPAIR Or Uninstall/REPair-Dialogue Box>Repair -Finish - Restart.
Re-Install Windows Live Essentials 2011, RESTART AGAIN Should work now.

TC++ is 16-bits and 16-bits programs are not fully Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 compatible. Windows emulates the older 16-bits environment using "NVTDM", but direct hardware access is (by design) still not possible (which is - besides unhandled program exceptions - the main cause for such error messages).

The only - structural - solution is to get a more modern 32 bits C++ compiler instead of TC++. You can find a list of free 32 bits Windows compilers here: http://www.thefreecountry.com/compilers/cpp.shtml

You might have to adapt the existing C++ code a little to the new compiler you choose.

When you really want to continue using TC++ you could use try the free "DOSBox" emulator (which has pretty accurate DOS emulating,. much better than Windows itself) or create a virtual machine with DOS or Windows 3.11 ...

There have been several changes in the way programs work. Windows xp does not
allow direct access to hardware resources to protect system integrity.
However you can try a few things

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314106
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=165214
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324767

Generaly speaking this error shows up when a program tries to use a
command.com file from an incompatible version of windows.
Alternatively login in safemode and use. it ll work fine. rate this!!

I think you must change your c++ command, since it's only available for 16 bit, while xp is 32 bits command. What c++ command can't run?

You can't convert the program on the disk from 16 bit to 32 bit. However the 32 bit versions of Windows are supposed to include legacy support for 16 bit applications. What version of WIndows are you running? What's the exact errormessage you're getting?

However, I would recommend that you use a virtualization product called DOSBox. DOSBox is free software that runs older 16 bit applications on Windows (And other operating systems such as Linux) very well:

http://www.dosbox.com/

Maybe try to put the completed exe on the desktop.
Then click to the program with the right button and then
set the Windows compatibility mode.

Hi VincB49,

Without getting too technical what you have is trying to run a 16-bit program in an 32-bit environment. When a 16-bit trys to run in windows 2000 it runs in windows nt dos environment, anyway, try this: Click Start>control panel>system>Advanced- click on "Environment Varialbles"> In the user name for User_Name list click "TMP" and click edit> In the Variables Value box type:

c:\winnt\temp and click OK three times, close control panel. I hope this helps you, if not, hit me back, we have other options i.e. pathway applications.

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Sincerely, cyyyd7