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I have triad to install pastel Accounting version 6 application on windows 8 and it cant run and even on windows 7 you need to lower the user account settings for it to run. Can someone help me out? Can I be able to mount it using comand line? if so how do I do that. Thanks

Edited by pritaeas because: Moved to Windows.
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Following ’s note that Pastel Accounting v6 won’t behave on modern Windows and building on ’s VM suggestion, the practical options are: try a careful compatibility install on the host, or run Pastel inside an isolated VM. The short checklist below gives concrete, safe steps to try on the host before accepting a VM-only solution, plus a tidy VM fallback.

Host-side, try these in order. First, confirm the installer type: installers that immediately fail with “This app can’t run on your PC” are often 16‑bit and will not run on 64‑bit Windows; that forces a VM. If the installer is 32‑bit, run the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter (right‑click the installer -> Troubleshoot compatibility) or set Properties -> Compatibility to an older OS (try Windows XP SP3 or Windows 7) and enable “Run this program as an administrator.” If the media is an ISO, mount it from an elevated PowerShell session and launch the installer elevated:

# run in an elevated PowerShell window
Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath "C:\path\Pastel6.iso"
Start-Process -FilePath "E:\Setup.exe" -Verb RunAs

If Pastel requires legacy database/drivers (older PSQL/Btrieve/MSDE variants), install those server components first or host them on a VM and point the client at that server. Always test read/write operations before migrating live data and take a backup snapshot of any existing company files.

If host attempts fail, the VM route recommended by is the most robust: create a 32‑bit guest (Windows 7 or XP as licensing permits), install Pastel and its database engine there, keep regular VM snapshots, and expose data via a network share or mapped drive. That preserves host stability and avoids permanent UAC or system changes.

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Member Avatar for pritaeas

Why don't you try Pastel support? Looks like a large enough company.

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Thanks Pritaeas. I have traid but they seem not to give solutions, I will give it a short once again

Member Avatar for AffineMesh

I have triad to install pastel Accounting version 6...

Allowing triad to install accounting software is just asking for trouble :-)

Member Avatar for pritaeas

You could try to install it on a VM running an older version of Windows.

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Well Pritaeas that works very well thats if you mean Virtual Machine. However I thought I would get any other solution than using VM.

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