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Unable to start TC in Win XP....Its Very Urgent..

15 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/unable-to-start-tc-in-win-xp-its-very-urgent.57137/

Dipen01
Dipen01 Original post #1
May 6, 2007 at 9:32 PM
Hey guys,

Tried starting TC and its givin this error

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Well i have used TC in XP earlier...whats the problem here..?? I need to use TC tonite.. at any cost..!!

Any other options..
sam_1710
May 6, 2007 at 9:53 PM
i think u opened tc thru its shortcut i.e tc.lnk... try opening tc.exe..
Dipen01
Dipen01 #3
May 6, 2007 at 9:59 PM
No that was thru EXE only..!!
Garbage
Garbage #4
May 6, 2007 at 10:49 PM
try to open it from MS-DOS prompt !
Dipen01
Dipen01 #5
May 6, 2007 at 11:02 PM
well even tried that..!!

but the problem is it crashes too often...
B
May 6, 2007 at 11:24 PM
try running it in compatibility mode for win 98 .
abhi.eternal
May 6, 2007 at 11:24 PM
try to get Borland TC++. may be that will help.
Dipen01
Dipen01 #8
May 6, 2007 at 11:28 PM
@backlight :- am running under Win 98 only..

@abhi :- will try
mediator
May 7, 2007 at 1:32 AM
Try this Sticky first!
rakeshishere
May 7, 2007 at 6:50 PM
OR Try Bloodshed Dev-C++

it works on Win98 too:p
Tech.Masti
May 8, 2007 at 12:02 AM
^^^ yes..... OR install Visual Studio....
Dipen01
Dipen01 #12
May 8, 2007 at 5:46 AM
yeah installed Visual Studio ;)
anantkhaitan
May 8, 2007 at 10:06 PM
Use Dosbox its a open source emulator for DOS ..
Its available for Windows XP.. I run TC++ via Dosbox in Fedora without any problem
Garbage
Garbage #14
May 8, 2007 at 11:27 PM
Developer C++ is good choice !
piyush gupta
May 9, 2007 at 9:35 AM
Buddy do one simple thing



1. Right Click TC.EXE

2. Move to compatibility tab
3. Select Compatibility Mode
either windows 95 or windows 98/Me

Click Apply and Ok

now run TC.EXE