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    Trouble installing old version of photoshop elements

    I looked through the forum and didn't see anything relatable. I apologize if I missed it. I am attempting to install an xp version of photoshop elements. It worked on win7 fine. now that I am on win10 it gives me an error that I need ie 4.0 or greater Name:  Annotation 2019-11-06 105230.png
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    it will not install with compatibility modes nor administrator.

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    Re: Trouble installing old version of photoshop elements

    The problem is that the setup program is looking for IE 4 (or higher). Win 10 has Edge installed, not IE.

    Not sure if IE can be installed on Win 10, but you may try that.

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    Re: Trouble installing old version of photoshop elements

    IE is actually installed. IE11 is in the background, stock. I am wondering now if the issue is that it is looking for a 32 bit IE and IE11 is 64bit. In either case, anyone know how to trick the system?

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    Re: Trouble installing old version of photoshop elements

    What version of IE are you using on Windows 7 which works? I have IE 11 installed on my Windows 7 64 bit system.
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    Re: Trouble installing old version of photoshop elements

    I do not recall. It was already installed when ie11 appeared. some crazy thing happened and I had to reinstall win10. when that happened I lost the ability to use my photoshop elements. I suppose I could reformat into win7. install everything and then upgrade back into win10. ugh, what a chore. hate doing that. I refuse to believe someone hasn't figured out a simpler way.

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    Re: Trouble installing old version of photoshop elements

    The default IE for Windows 7 was IE 8. Which, if you hadn't updated, would be the one you were using. What I suspect is that there is a problem with the IE version detection in that issue of Photoshop Elements which is taking a version of IE higher than 9 (10 to 19) to be version 1. You can't install earlier versions of IE AFAIK on Windows 10. You can make IE 11 behave like earlier versions for testing etc, but that is not what you want. I suspect you either have to re-install Windows 7 then go through the upgrade process again - or use a VM for Windows 7.
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    Re: Trouble installing old version of photoshop elements

    Quote Originally Posted by oWNz View Post
    ugh, what a chore. hate doing that. I refuse to believe someone hasn't figured out a simpler way.
    I don't want to sound rude, but why not upgrade to a newer Photoshop version? Isn't it kind of unrealistic to expect software designed to run on an 18 year olg OS (i.e. XP) to keep running indefinitely?

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    Re: Trouble installing old version of photoshop elements

    Arjay, you were fine until you talked about expectations. If I needed Photoshop for something important or it was some great hobby of mine, then spending another $100 to get the latest and greatest would make sense. Since the software itself works great once installed actually carrying 90% more functionality than I need, why would I buy the new deal? It would make sense that if I could quickly trick the installer thus avoiding a $100 expenditure, that would make sense.

    I am sure if you put a moment of thought into it, you wouldn't have asked me what you already knew though. Case in point. It has been 14 days since I thought about this thread.

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    Re: Trouble installing old version of photoshop elements

    Quote Originally Posted by oWNz View Post
    Arjay, you were fine until you talked about expectations. If I needed Photoshop for something important or it was some great hobby of mine, then spending another $100 to get the latest and greatest would make sense. Since the software itself works great once installed actually carrying 90% more functionality than I need, why would I buy the new deal? It would make sense that if I could quickly trick the installer thus avoiding a $100 expenditure, that would make sense.

    I am sure if you put a moment of thought into it, you wouldn't have asked me what you already knew though. Case in point. It has been 14 days since I thought about this thread.
    You were fine until you talked about hacking an install for an 18 year old program. smh

    P.S. It's been 14 days for me too. Hopefully it stays that way.

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