Install Filemaker Pro 7 on Windows 7

Filemaker Pro 7 came out in 2005, but one program in my agency was still using it for a particular database application. Upgrading would be expensive since all clients would need to be upgraded simultaneously as well as possible modifications needed on the database. Since we already own the software I went ahead and installed on a new client yesterday.

The first error is described in this forum post. After the installation was almost complete an error would pop up that openssl.exe had failed to run. Using the solution provided in this article seemed to work. I set the date back to 6/9/07 and didn't receive that particular error.

Frustratingly, though, the application would then fail to run with an error that read "This application has been installed incorrectly or modified by another program. Please run the installer to get a fresh copy of the application after determining the cause." None of the solutions provided by diligent googling seemed to apply (or work - I tried).

What did work was to start the installer in XP compatility mode. Instructions are shown here for using Windows XP compatibility mode. I didn't need to make any specific settings changes after install, and the OpenSSL error noted previously doesn't seem to have any actual affect on this process.