Mike Southby

According to the system requirements, the x64 version of Windows 7 is not supported in CS3 but as always, there is a work around!

1. Run cmd.exe with administrator privileges (Start > type ‘cmd’ then right click on cmd.exe and select Run as Administrator, then click Continue when prompted by the elevation consent dialogue box).  This will open a command prompt in c:windowssystem32
2. Type cd..SysWOW64
3. Type regsvr32 jscript.dll
4. Type regsvr32 vbscript.dll

That should work; you can now run the installer.

The problem is that the Photoshop installer is a 32-bit program, which means that it needs access to all 32-bit DLL’s and COM registrations.  Strangely, the 64-bit DLLs on x64 Windows are in the system32 directory and the 32-bit DLLs are in the SysWOW64 directory.

WoW64 means ‘Windows on 64-bit Windows’ and it contains all the 32-bit binary files required for compatibility.

Let me know if this helps anybody.

Over time, I aim to post some interesting articles and some ‘how to’ guides relating to various IT problems which hopefully may be of use to some of you. You’ll also find some bits and bobs about motorbikes, a hobby of mine and of course some personal rants; well it wouldn’t be a blog otherwise now would it?

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