Why does Caddie 9 not recognise my dongle on 64 bit Windows 7?

Caddie 9 uses various components developed by other companies. One of these is the driver for the dongle. The dongle driver in Caddie 9 was developed approximately 12 years ago. It was developed for Windows NT4 and Windows XP. This was long before Windows 7 was developed so the developers could not anticipate the requirements for 10 years in the future. Windows 7 requires a completely different driver architecture, which has been implemented in later versions of Caddie using modern versions of the dongle driver.

Can Caddie 9 use these later drivers?

No. Many of the 3rd party modules in Caddie 9 are now obsolete. In fact many were obsolete by the time Caddie 10 was launched - one of the many reasons for the different look to the interface. The newer dongle drivers require that the software is compiled with a modern compiler - they will not compile using 1990's technology. Equally many of the components in Caddie 9 will not compile with a modern compiler - they require a 1990s compiler. It is therefore impossible to combine the modern dongle driver with the other components in Caddie 9.

Is there a solution?

Yes, there are two solutions. The best solution is to upgrade to a modern version of Caddie - both Caddie 15 and Caddie 16 will run on 64 bit versions of Windows 7 since they are designed to do so. Both are in fact certified by Microsoft for both 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems. If for some reason you are unable to run Caddie 15 or Caddie 16, Microsoft provide a utility called a virtual PC, specifically for running older obsolete programs. Depending on your version of Windows 7, Virtual PC will either already be included, or it must be downloaded seperately.

See this Microsoft Article for more information.  For further information on how to set up a virtual PC, click HERE .