Back to Basics? Helping a friend with some useful apps (Part 1)

A chat box just popped up on my Facebook account, my college classmate is asking me if I can help her to download a specific video from YouTube.  I told her to send me the link so that I can download the video and send it to her email.  So she did send me the link, I downloaded the video and send it to her email.  In the long run she asked me if I just can teach her how to do it for she might download more videos next time. So I instructed her to download the setup file of the YouTube downloader here and do the setup in her PC.  Few minutes after, I asked her if she’s done with the setup and told me “I guess, I already downloaded one video.” I’m very glad that it worked for I have a concern because YouTube Downloader has a compatibility issue with Windows 7, I won’t run smoothly until you’ll set the program into compatibility mode.  Here’s how to do it.

After downloading YouTube Downloader, right click on the setup file and click troubleshoot compatibility on the pop-up menu.

Windows will try to detect and resolve the compatibility issues.  Click on the try recommended settings to see what version of Windows environment  the application would most likely to run.

The next window will show you the Windows environment where the application will be most compatible to run. It appears that YouTube Downloader is more compatible to run with Windows XP Service Pack 2.  Click on the start program to start the setup process and you’re on your way to download all those favorite videos with your YouTube Downloader!

This the power of Windows 7! With the compatibility mode even the old applications can run with Windows 7!   Windows 7.. Your PC simplified!

 

Want to know more?  Join Windows7ako the official Windows 7 community in the Philippines!  You can ask help and questions regarding Windows 7 there and also get to meet the members of the community during the meetups!