How to install Vee 7.x and 8.x on Windows 10.

Officially you need to upgrade to Vee version 9.x if you are running a newer Windows than XP.

Unofficially however it is possible to stay with your current Vee version (8.01 in my case). Here's how to do it.

1) Download and install the latest version of the IO libraries from the Internet. You need a version new enough to
   work with Windows 10 obviously. NI MAX is also an option.

2) Start up the Vee install program and watch it fail. Don't close the program yet.

3) Start a task manager and locate "InstallDriver Module (32 bit)" or "InstallDriver Module" on the processes tab.
   Right-click on it and select 'Open file location'. (You might have to click on 'More details' first)

4) Right-click on IDriver.exe in the explorer window. On the Compatibility tab, select Run this program in
   compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 3). Click on OK.

5) Close the Vee install program. In the task manager, stop any InstallDriver Module running.

6) Open an elevated Command prompt (right-click on the start button and select Command Prompt (Admin)) and CD into
   the directory of the IDriver.exe file. 

7) In the command prompt, type idriver and press return, then type d:\Develop\setup and press return (replace
   'd:\Develop\' with the appropriate path.)

8) Vee should now install.

9) Once Vee is installed, apply any patches you need. There is a free upgrade from Vee 8.0 to Vee 8.01 on Agilent’s
   homepage. You need to start IDriver.exe then the upgrade program from the elevated command prompt as in point 7.

10) Open the folder containing Vee.exe. Create a text file called Vee.exe.config (not Vee.exe.config.txt) and place it
    in the same folder. The contents of the file should be:

      <?xml version ="1.0"?>
      <configuration>
        <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
          <supportedRuntime version="v4.0.30319" /> 
        </startup>
      </configuration>

    This will make Vee use .Net 4.x

11) If you have both IO Libraries and NI MAX installed, and you want Vee to use IO Libraries, open a Command Prompt with
    administrative privileges and CD to the directory where Vee is installed. If you have a 64 bit Windows version, type
    in this command:
    mklink visa32.dll "C:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\agvisa\agbin\visa32.dll"
    If you have a 32 bit Windows version, type in this command:
    mklink visa32.dll "C:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\agvisa\agbin\visa32.dll"

12) Right-click on Vee.exe and select 'Run as administrator'. Create or load a Vee program that contains a Matlab script.
    Run the program. This will cause Vee to register the Matlab engine. You only need to do this once.

13) VERY IMPORTANT! Remove the compatibility settings from IDriver.exe once you're done. If you forget this,
    Other programs may install incorrectly, or they may fail to install.

14) Also important: Post any findings you may have to the Vee reflector.

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Contributed by Soeren Hedemand