If not has she actually tried to update whatever her PDN installation version is to v4.2.9? The question to ask is indeed what HyReZ has just posted about confirming if v4.2.9 is installed or not.
Even if it does install it will not work. Windows XP with anything later than v3.5.3.
I've not installed PDN on a PC with an older than Win7 OS for some time but if I remember correctly the installer won't even run if the OS is incompatible ie. If you go there it clearly states the latest version is 4.2.9 so how v3.36 was installed.I won't even guess.
There must be some misunderstanding going on here because nothing makes sense.Įmilee Weir does still appear to be saying that she has PDN v3.36 installed but states that it came from the official download site. I'm really confused now as to where the problem might be. Those files tested are from 2015 but since I was using the same set up and PDN version from 2010 onwards it should mean any PDN files I may have from then should still open correctly too.īut if a PDN version from 2008 can not open a PDN file made only three years earlier (v2.1) then using a VM may be the only solution if the online converter does not succeed. I know for certain that PDN files I made using v3.53 (the last WinXP friendly PDN version) on my now dead WinXP laptop still open on v4.1.5 because I've just checked. **I say could not should because if she has more recent PDN files created by v3.36 those may not open on a newer version of PDN either. You still need to install a VM first and that can problematic as the CPU used must support hardware virtualization. If she is running Win7 Pro, Ult or Enterprise then XPMode is a free to use install designed for just these sorts of reasons. Unless RB can come up with another solution this seems to me to be the best idea. This also means she would not have to uninstall PDN on the host machine at all and could update it as recommended**. Possible solution to all this is to install a Virtual Machine (VM) running Windows XP and install the old PDN version on that. It might work if the compatibility settings are adjusted but I do not rate the chances of that highly.ģ). something there are going to be system compatibility issues now. This brings up several new problems because if she is remembering correctly and it was PDN v2. *If they were copied files from the old laptop, as seems likely, that date will be when they were copied not when the original files were first created.
However there is a question: did Emilee Weir actually open those PDN files back in 2018 because if she did then there must be some other issue with them not opening. Earliest genuine download installer version I've found is v2.1 from 2005. Now find an old PDN installer for that time from somewhere like FileHippo, FileHorse etc. Check Properties and it should show you when it was first created*. Then install an older version from the time those problem PDN files were actual created.
Uninstall the current version being used with a proper uninstaller like Revo not just the inadequate Add/Remove Programs facility which is known to leave PDN leftovers which can interfere with new installs. Of course if the image is layered all that will be lost and may itself affect the success of the conversion. Online converter: I found one quite easily that says it will convert. If v3.36 won't open them either and the latest version can not be persuaded to then there are three obvious thing to try:-ġ). The last thing she'll want to do is install a new version which, as you said, won't be able to open them. She has also started this thread to find out how she can open those old PDN files. It would be a good idea to find out first what OS she is currently using.