And here's an interesting fact-based piece (vs. the earlier speculative Forbes piece) on how changes in Win 10 are a problem for some people, in this case, with gigabytes stored in OneDrive:
"I like Windows 10 but I'm going back to Windows 8.1" http://www.zdnet.com/article/i-like-windows-10-but-im-going-back-to-windows-8-1/ On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 7:34 PM, Dan Covill <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a (partial) reply to the original question on how well VFP 9 Apps > work in Windows 10. > Short answer: very well, but some of that may because I have taken great > pains to minimize my > exposure to the extraneous complexity beloved of Microsoft. > > I've been in the Preview program since October (on my laptop) and have never > had a VFP > app malfunction or crash. However, I only use the laptop for demos, and most > of the time I'm > not demoing VFP, so that's a very small sample. But still, VFP runs as well > in 10 as does any other > Windows program. > > On Sunday, I think, I bit the bullet and "Upgraded" my Win 8.1 to Win 10 > (this is on a Mac, in > a Parallels virtual machine). This is NOT the laptop, this is my main > machine running both OS X > and Windows in roughly equal proportions. My main financial system is a > Billing/CashFlow system > originally built in VFP for my consulting firm, which was originally in FP > DOS and currently in > VFP9 SP1 (I didn't need any of the Report extensions in SP2). It worked > without a hitch in Win 7, > in Win 8.1, and now in Win 10. No errors, no hangs, no glitches. > Caveat: I do not use anything that has to be Registered, everything is in > a single App directory, > including all the runtimes. I do not use any Active X crap, I do not use the > Report Writer. I do have > a pretty elaborate Error Logging system, but it hasn't had any work for a > long time. It's a fairly > sophisticated IDE app, with a fairly fancy system of generating grids on > demand. It all still works. > > Example B: I made a Directory Map program that lets you pick a Root Folder > (D:\, or Documents, > or Whatever), does a complete tree-walk, and prints a fair-sized summary of > the number of Folders, > Files, and Megabytes at each level within it. A variation starts from the > Start Menu and inventories > the "All Applications" list. To my amazement, this one works also. > > So may I'm too old and conservative to get into the kinds of trouble I should > be, but VFP on Windows 10 > is a no-problem for me. > > Hope this helps > > Dan Covill > San Diego > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4t2ldm+swi66jwczntrqrj0oymxd-tv_x7od6req6v...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
