Thanks John,

I changed resolution which corrected some of the errors I was getting. One specific one is the string diagram of your railroad which will not work at 4K, anything 1920 x 1080 will run without errors and is not specifically a 64 bit issue.

What is a issue on a 64bit system is that anything 16bit in the original core program will not run including the original installer. Microsoft ceased support of 16 bit applications which were previously run using windows virtual machine that they no longer support or include in the Windows software. I had touched on this in a earlier post several years ago as the Virtual Machine was installing and running the files in different locations which lead to a specific install process which Jim wrote about after my post given the changes with Windows 10 at that time when they still supported the program somewhat before pulling the plug all together. I have tried some work arounds including windows suggested virtual machines to no avail. The installer still does not want to run. The only way to run the program is on a 32bit install of windows which means this is going on an older PC for the time being. Not the end of the world, just useful to have the program on the same computer with my remaining work. 

An amazing amount of time and thought went into Jim's program, far more than most could appreciate. Before purchasing several years ago, I corresponded with Jim and explained I was looking to run a virtual (V Scale) railroad not a model railroad and sent him a copy of a 6 megabyte Excel spreadsheet which in itself is a program. I had spent many years working on this program and is very specific to my railroad with a set schedule, carloadings, complex customer schedules, calculating revenue, maintenance, etc. I have a 128.54 miles of full length mainline and branchlines to operate that could draw from a roster of several thousand different cars. I advised Jim I would purchase his software if it could replace the spreadsheet program. Jim took the time to review my work and suggested that his program could address all my needs and more such as Car Ferry operations I had yet to implement in my own spreadsheet program. Well the rest is history with me being another happy customer. Having attempted to make my own program and having used his for a number of years till my newest computer purchase when I decided to start fresh again, I can safely say I don't think I would have enough time in my life to implement all the features he put in this program into my spreadsheet program. The complexity in a effort to reproduce realism is astounding. Windows 32bit support will also start to disappear in the coming years as computers manufacturers make the leap to 128bit. I hope in the future someone will pickup where Jim left off allowing his life's work to be used and updated for many more years to come.

Does anyone have access to his working files if someone wanted to work on an update? I am not a programmer by any means but more or less curious what is available to work with if it is available. The simplest fix would be to make a 32bit and 64bit installer which does not really alter the core program. The files are there, you are basically just building a new installer which tells the program where to load files and which registry entries to make. We know what registry entries the program makes from current installs, so providing an update should be relatively easy in theory. As noted I am not a programmer, just want to get some thoughts on the feasibility of updating a very useful program I would like to use for many more years to come.  

Thanks

Happy New Year Joe. That is an amazing amount of code and I am very understanding of Mrs. Moir's wishes and respect them. I ended up taking one of my teenage son's old unused touch screen HP tablets and formatting and reinstalling Windows 32Bit over the weekend along with Protrak. I had never thought of using a touch screen device for the program which works fine in this respect and makes it completely portable and usable as a separate dispatch / operations monitor now instead of switching between two applications on one computer when I am running a operating session. I really like the setup.

Thanks for the information Joe.