I bought a new laptop a couple months ago and tried to download my Photo Explosion Special Edition v.3 to it. It successfully downloads, but won't open, even after a reboot and a reinstall to repair and another reboot. It downloaded and worked fine on my desktop.

Contact the company, they might give it to you if you convince them without a receipt that you are their customer.

Hi!
What I understand is that your photo explosion deluxe is a windows xp software. Since it is not working readily out of the box in windows 7 then what you could do is install windows xp mode for windows 7. Windows xp mode allows xp software to be installed and windows 7. What you need to do is just download windows xp mode and install it. After which you could then install that software on there. Just make sure to uninstall your current installation of photo explosion deluxe before you do this.
Here is the link to the download for windows xp mode: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx
And Here is the link to some of their videos on how to use xp mode so that you could understand further how to set it up: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/default.aspx
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Greetings!
Hello rwray69, regarding on your problem/concerned first you have to identify if your Photo Explosion software can support windows 7 operating System because if the software it self cannot support Windows 7 Operating System it may not work properly or it will not run in windows 7 environment. Most of the software only supports on Windows XP will not support higher windows operating system. you have to download another Photo Explosion software that can support windows 7 Operating system. In that way, you can successfully run the software under windows 7 environment.

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Jon

Downloading means you retrive any files and save to your PC/Laptop from any web source!
Installing means you install any software/programs to run on your PC/Laptop.

As for your software "Photo Explosion 2.0" could not run on Win 7 due to software "Compatibility Issues".

You can try, using "Win 7 compatibility mode" installing older software read this LINK

NOTE**
"There is no guarantees older software will work using Win 7 compatibility mode!"

Hope it helps.

How to correct a Load MPEG VIO Driver Error in Windows Vista.

If you are experiencing this issue with Windows Vista, please follow these directions:

Note: These steps are only for Windows Vista. If you are experiencing the problem on Windows XP, please see the directions found here: KB Article 1469

1. Uninstall Photo Explosion 3.0.
2. Reinstall Photo Explosion 3.0.
3. Restart the computer.
4. Download the Vista update for Photo Explosion 3.0 from the following link:

http://www.novadevelopment.com/Support/Updates.aspx

Note: Please make sure you download the correct one for your version of Photo Explosion 3.0. If you have the Deluxe version, download the Deluxe update. If you have the regular version, download the non-Deluxe update.
5. Save the update to an easily accessible location, such as your Desktop.
6. Once downloaded, go to where the update was saved and double-click the update.
7. After installing the update, you should no longer experience this problem.

Note: It is extremely important that you do not run Photo Explosion until you have restarted the computer and installed the update. If you run the program before installing the update, you will need to start the steps over from the beginning.
This comes directly from the Nova FAQs. Hope this helps!

Did you look in C:\Program Files\Common Files folder?
Some programs will place shared files in here.

If that does not work, download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

Install it, then run it from Programs. If you see either of these programs have the utility remove it.

Here's the link to all the software download for the DX4850 and Windows Vista: http://esupport.epson-europe.com/ProductHome.aspx?lng=en-GB&data=vRaxNXeC8zjaVVA9EzbUm8wBNV+Ge7O0NqlHwK5KzgAU003D&tc=6

If ttiy still have windows I would make a partition and download from that as at the present windows is more stable

Contact software Mfg. You have FREE warranty rights.
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Download and install "Registry Mechanic" then do the updates prior to running it and removing anything for the first time. This will get rid of all your current Registry errors.