Installing ECCO Pro on Windows Vista (and Windows XP SP3)

ECCO Pro was abandoned by its owner around 1997 or so, but still has a large and loyal user/fan base, among which I am one.  Pretty regularly now, people posting on the ECCO Pro Yahoo group ask about running ECCO on Vista.  It runs fine there, but the old install doesn't.  NetManage still gives the app away for free, but if you need an updated installer for it, you can get one here. 

Comments

[MIchael Brandt]

THANK-YOU THANK-YOU for the ECCO post !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. THANKS again!!!!!

[Jim Lewis]

Thanks! Your updated installer works under Windows 7 Release Candidate. ecco.alm, ecco.cfx, and ecco.fdb are now put back in the Windows directory. Interesting.

[Verity]

I've been using Ecco in a very basic way for at least 15 years but the only CD I have is Eccopro 3.0 . I must have downloaded the 4.01 upgrade as that is what I've been using for some time on a laptop running on Windows XP.

My laptop died so I bought a new one which runs with Vista but cannot install Ecco. I printed out the instructions on the eccoMAGIC forum but there does not seem to be an EccoPro.reg file on my CD. A more knowledgeable friend says that the reg file is probably on the CD (or electronic version) of EccoPro 4.01 so I should like to get hold of a copy. Do you sell this product or know where I can get one?

Any help would be very much appreciated - I'm lost without Ecco! As a backstop is there anyway of exporting my Ecco calendar to Outlook on my new laptop? I think I can see how to do this with Phonebook but not the Calendar.
With thanks,
Verity

[krockodile]

Totally Awesome Guys! The Information you provided me about the Ecco Pro updated installer that allowed me to reinstall Ecco on my new Vista 64 bit machine was incredible! A BIG BIG THANK YOU! AWESOME! Sincerely,

Krockodile 218
Robert

[MaryM]

Thank you SO MUCH! Somehow my computer ate the .exe file or something and Compusol took my money but sent me no password. Thanks again!

[YY]

Thank you!!! I've been using Ecco Pro for years, but was told I would need to abandon it when I moved to a new 64-bit machine. I've spent countless hours looking for a replacement, but could not find anything that was even remotely similar. I can't tell you how happy I am to have found this. Thank you, thank you.

[NA]

Not agree with the Compusol $10 annual fee bit, but try complaint in yahoo eccoPro forum for fast refund.

Original install available at ecco_pro (note the _) forum at yahoo.

[NA]

Thanks for the updated installer. Ecco is one of those singular achievements--nothing I've tried has come close to what it can do.

This effectively removes my main roadblock to upgrading to a 64-bit OS. Cheers!

[Rick Wade]

I've been using ECCO with Vista for awhile. I don't recall having installation problems (maybe I've forgotten!). What I can't do is work with a syncronized copy, using my flash drive. Will reinstalling using the updated installer solve that problem? Thanks.

[Irene]

Thanks so much for this. Ecco works great now on my Vista 64. Just wondering if you can tell me how to know if the Palm/Pilot conduits are installed? Trying to hotsync with a TX and Ecco data is not being picked up. It works on my 32 bit laptop, but not on my new 64bit desktop.

[Ananthan Selvan]

It works great on Windows 7. The only issue is unable to print. Upon Print, the printer is recognized, activated, the spool opens, paper is drawn, and there is the 'unable to print' and nothing is printed. Kindly help to resolve the print part of ECCO. Many Thanks.

[David M]

What a relief to be able to install Ecco Pro on my new Windows 7 machine. Thanks!

[Verity Picken]

Is it possible to synch Ecco with an iPhone or other mobile phone? Or an iTouch? Or, indeed, any PDA other than the old Palms? Now that Ecco's working fine on my Vista laptop (thanks again for that), I'd very much like to be able to synch it to something I can carry around with me.