Anyone got a shim to fix Sibelius 4 hang on close in Windows 7?

[pete]

I have one to make it launch cleanly as an unprivileged user, but I can't make it close cleanly.

 

(Yes, I know it's not supported on Win 7)

[mounters]

@pete How did you get it to launch as a standard user?

 

Ta

[pete]

On a test Win7 machine:

 

Install the Application Compatibility Toolkit from Microsoft.

Install Sibelius 4, patch if appropriate and launch it once as an admin (probably unnecessary, but I do it just so I know it works)

 

Launch Compatibility Administrator, 32bit in my case.

Create a new database, if it doesn't open an untitled one by default.

 

Right-click database - Create New - Application Fix.

Fill in the appropriate fields, browse to the Sibelius 4 executable, Next

Under "Additional compatibility modes" tick "RunAsInvoker".

Next > Next > Finish.

Now save your database as an .sdb file (it's the default). Say sib4fix.sdb

 

On another test win7 machine with Sibelius installed, open up an elevated command prompt and use:

 

sdbinst \\path\to\sib4fix.sdb

 

Then log out and run Sibelius 4 as a normal (student) user. It'll load fine, but won't close cleanly.

 

Attached (rename to .sdb) is a compatibility database that Works For Me ™.

 

Sib4fix-rename-to-dot-sdb.txt

Edited February 7, 2011 by pete