Windows 7 Taskforce

Program Compatibility Assistant never remembers setting not to ask again

Submitted by pyrates on March 7, 2010 to Annoyance, Bug, Usability

Problem: I'm logged in as a regular user. Whenever I run the program that isn't compatible with windows 7, such as media player classic or media player classic - homecinema and then close it when done, Program Compatibility Assistant will popup asking if I had a problem with the program. There was nothing wrong and so I click on the "No this program works correctly" answer. I also tick the "don't show this message again for this program".

But it keeps popping up when I run the same program. It never remembers that I had ticked that option "don't show this message again for this program". But it always happens when exiting the program. It also happens with some other programs, which as far as I can tell, work fine in windows 7. I don't want to disable this because it tells me when I'm installing something if it doesn't install properly due to permissions or running as a regular user.

Just so that people understand, media player classic and media player classic - homecinema, are examples here. Don't compare it against them specifically. Anytime the Program Compatibility Assistant pops up, and you tick that option "don't show this message again for this program", and then you select no, it will still popup again with the same program even though you just said for it to not popup anymore.

Solution: Actually keep a list of the programs I say for the Program Compatibility Assistant not to ask me again about.

Work around is disabling it:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/4161/disable-pro...n-windows-7-and-vista/

Severity: Medium

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed