Ventura 10 on Win8

If you follow the FAQ instructions for Win7/Vista, you can install it on Win8:
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Rikk Flohr put together the following information on installing V10 on a Vista 64-bit system with help from Barry Heil and Greg Aspa. [Many thanks to them for their persistence!]

We used to have separate (slightly simpler) instructions for installation on Vista 32-bit systems. However, those instructions failed about 10% of the time, and these instructions seem to work consistently on all versions of Vista. And they work for Win7 as well.

Ventura 10 Installation on Win 7/Vista Systems
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[Note: if your V10 CD is an upgrade CD, copy the contents of your previous version CD into a temporary folder on your hard drive. When the installation is complete, you can delete the temporary folder.]

1. Insert V10 CD and navigate to the root folder on it.

2. Right click on SETUP32.EXE on the CD and choose Properties.

3. Set compatibility to XP and check the "Run as Administrator" box.

4. Double click SETUP32.EXE to launch the installation and install normally.

5. When installation is complete, copy \System32\Redist\MS\System\mfc42.dll from the CD to the C:\Program Files (x86)\Corel\Ventura10\Programs\ folder.

6. In the C:\Program Files (x86)\Corel\Ventura10\Programs\ folder, right click on VENTURA.EXE and choose Properties.

7. Set the compatibility to Win 2000 compatibility and save this option.

8. Right click on VENTURA.EXE again and choose "Run as Administrator".

9. Exit V10 after it has completely launched.

10. Right click on VENTURA.EXE again and choose Properties.

11. Turn off compatibility and save this option.

12. V10 should now run normally.

13. (optional) On Win7 systems with high-res displays, sometimes when moving/sizing dockers and frames, they appear to be way to the left of where they actually are. They are fine once the operation is complete, but it can be disconcerting. Also, Ventura dialog boxes may seem mis-sized. In either case, it you go to the compatibility options and check Disable display scaling on high DPI settings, it seems to help both these issues.

This should work. I have tested it on two systems so far and got Ventura running on both. On one DBP was installed with Ventura and the other DBP was installed after Ventura. I have not tested fully Database Publisher yet. Have fun and good luck. Thanks to Barry Heil for the missing link.
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Also, you may want to see the following articles:
Index sorted incorrectly (Vista/Win7)
OTF fonts won't print (Win7 x64)
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