The Compatibility Administrator tool helps you resolve potential application-compatibility issues before deploying a new version of Windows to your organization. Compatibility Administrator provides the following:
- Compatibility fixes, compatibility modes, and
AppHelp messages that you can use to resolve specific compatibility
issues.
- Tools for creating customized compatibility
fixes, compatibility modes, AppHelp messages, and compatibility
databases.
- A query tool that you can use to search for
installed compatibility fixes on your local computers.
The following flowchart shows the steps for using the Compatibility Administrator tool to create your compatibility fixes, compatibility modes, and AppHelp messages.
 Important |
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| Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) installs a 32-bit and a 64-bit version of the Compatibility Administrator tool. You must use the 32-bit version to create and work with custom databases for 32-bit applications, and the 64-bit version to create and work with custom databases for 64-bit applications. |
In This Section
| Topic | Description |
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Provides information about using the Compatibility Administrator tool. |
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Managing Application-Compatibility Fixes and Custom Fix Databases |
Describes how to manage your application-compatibility fixes and custom compatibility-fix databases. |
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Shows the command-line options for using the Sdbinst.exe tool to deploy your customized database (.sdb) files to your organization. |