Windows 10: Old program runs fine on old hardware Win 98 computer - work w/Win 10?

So, I have a VERY old legacy program that was written during the late 90's (not by me) and runs just fine on an old Pentium machine I have (running Win98). This program basically plays wav files while it commands an external board via an RS232 port.

On a lark, I wondered if it would run under Win 10 (home edition, 64 bit) so I installed it on my Win10 machine, run it in Win98 compatibility mode and it kinda works. Except the serial com doesn't work (FTDI USB >serial converter). It plays the wav files just fine but it just doesn't seem to know about the comport (Device Manager reports it as Com3).

So... I also have an older WinXP machine (SP3) and did the same thing on that. Except this hardware has a genuine comport but the same problem - the program does seem to realize the port is there (Com1).

Am I simply SOL with this? I really hate having to keep the Win98 box around just for this one program!

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Just bought new computer with WIN 10. Old computer WIN 7. How can I migrate the data and programs from old to new?

* Original Title: migrate programs and data

Just bought new computer w/ WIN 10. Old computer WIN 7. How can I migrate the data and programs from old to new?

 

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Old program work on Win 10?

Hi all,

I have an old invoice form filling software that has been working for many years, the latest being Win 7. I had to upgrade to Win 10 and the program will not install. Is there anything I can do to make this program work on Win 10? If you need more info to
answer, please ask.

Thanks,

Jim