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It won’t run on new puters due to the fact it was originally a 98SE browser(DOS based). They started killing off the old DOS instructions in XP and the newer processors were not designed for backwards compatibility to understand it. Even now the processor manufacturers are killing off the backwards compatibility to Win7. IE5 will run in XP so if you have to go to a dual boot and you can try to load either 98SE or XP on as the dual boot and redownload IE5. Problem I think you are going to run into is that none of the machines made past XP are going to be able to run a mostly DOS based browser instructions.

I think that no matter what you do, your graphics program is dead. Finding a new one should be your first goal, not a new OS. If you can find an open source graphics program that does what you need, you can run it on any computer system.

Basic rule: figure out what you need to do, NOT what you do it with. In your case, that's some kind and degree of graphic manipulation/creation. Make a list of EXACTLY what tasks you do with graphics. That's Step #1. Now research programs that may do all or most of those things. That's step #2. Then and only then find an OS that will run it. Install that OS on a trial basis if possible or put it on a spare computer.

You are 100% right on this one Rocky.

google has an excellent tools for developing graphic tools https://developers.google.com/chart

I might have time to do what your program does , just need the details.

It's the old MS PictureIt 9.0. It was part of the old MS Works. I use it to make calendars because it does some stuff that no other program I've tried can do. IE5 only runs on 32 bit computers. A local print shop recommended that I try WinCalendar which is part of Office up through Office 2007. I found out that it's got the same problem. It won't run on a 64 bit computer so it's rapidly going obsolete, too.

Hmm, ya lost me at the bakery....

there is free version of it on MS store that works on windows 10 but i couldn't find , this site claims that you can download it

https://www.mediafire.com/file/3eyg993n3nh208s/Microsoft_Works_9.iso/file

do you trust them ?

I have a couple of linux distros that can do that. Puppy Linux and FatDog64 can both be ran from a USB drive and save the session to it.

That is not a true statement at all. It has absolutely nothing to do with 32 bit or 64. It’s the new Windows architecture, and outdated software.

But first, it’s helpful to understand what happens when you run an application under 64-bit Windows. Some applications and libraries (DLLs) are compiled in such a way that they can run either as native 64-bit or 32-bit mode. Other applications and DLLs, however, can only run as 32-bit.

Let’s say you have an application that easily runs as a 64-bit app under Windows 2008 R2 (which is a 64-bit OS). No problem, right? But what if that app makes a call to a Crystal Reports DLL that is compiled only as a 32-bit DLL? Trouble! That’s what happens! The application will not be able to find the DLL. As far as the app is concerned, the DLL doesn’t exist.

To understand why, we must understand how Windows separates 32 and 64-bit components. Windows x64 stores 32-bit DLLs in the Windows\SysWoW64 folder, while 64-bit DLLs go in the Windows\System32 folder. That seems backwards, doesn’t it? But it gets even more counter-intuitive. When a 32-bit mode application runs under Windows x64 and wants a DLL from “c:\windows\system32”, Windows will “lie” to the app and give it the DLL from C:\windows\syswow64!

The flipside of this redirection scheme is that 64-bit apps are affected as well. 64-bit applications cannot see or access the Windows\SysWoW64 folder. They can only see Windows\System32. If an application installer places a 32-bit DLL in Windows\SysWoW64, then later a 64-bit application tries to call that DLL, it will simply fail because, to the application, that DLL doesn’t exist.

The Solution
So what is the solution? We just have to get the 64-bit app to run as a 32-bit application. This will allow the app to see the 32-bit DLLs in the Windows\SysWoW64 folder and load them into its memory space. We will lose some of the benefits of 64-bit execution, but at least the app will work properly. And fortunately, we don’t have to get the vendor to send us a recompiled executable. We can force the app to run as a 32-bit app by changing the execution headers using the Microsoft CorFlags utility. All you have to do is install the Microsoft Windows SDK and grab CorFlags.exe from the Bin folder of the SDK program files directory.

Then all you have to do is run:

CorFlags /32BIT+ application.exe

where application.exe is the application you want to force to run as 32-bit. The next time you execute the application, Windows will see the new header and will execute it as a 32-bit application.

I haven't tried Lubuntu on a thumbdrive, but it's pretty small and should be able to do the same thing.

RC, peruse some of these and see if they can do what you need: LINK

Should have added that you will probably have to do that hack to both ie5 and MSWorks since they both have an exe. Unless ie5 will fire up MSWorks once running.

Sorry but I don't have a clue as to what you just said. I'm a reknown lover, not a computer expert. All I know is that I can't download IE5 on my 64 bit computer. It tells me it can only run on 32 bits.

This guy has some pretty good tutorials. I like that he has lots of pictures.

https://www.howtogeek.com/228689/how-to-make-old-programs-work-on-windows-10/

Don’t know exactly what you want to do but try here. I could probably find a fix but if you didn’t understand the last post, a new program is easier. Copy and paste the link.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/photo-calendar/9wzdncrdkbq2?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

RC, I do not know what I am doing different than you are.

I also purchased MS works way back when at the same time I purchased a Win 98 install disc.

Then, about six years ago, I built a new system and purchased XP pro for it. I installed Works, but Picture It was the only program that responded properly, but it was the only one that I used anyway.

I allowed MS to do a free upgrade to Win 10 on that XP pro system, and Picture It still works. I use it for editing pics of the grandkids, or down sizing photos to put on this forum.