Captivate 7 Publish as .EXE requirements

Hello,
I am publishing a Captivate 7 project as both .EXE and .APP for Windows and Mac use. These will be burned onto a CD-ROM for distribution. Are there certain computer hardware requirements for running these applications? For example, will this work on Windows 95/98/XP/Vista/7? Or is there a certain RAM or processor MHz recommendations? I'm not able to test on all these platforms, and wondered if there were standard compatiability requirements. Or perhaps "best" suggestions (example: Windows .EXE works best on XP/7 with 128 MB Ram or higher).
Thanks,
Kailey

Hi There,
Greetings!!
.exe and .app feature is removed from Adobe Captivate 8. You can raise and submit the feature request by going to the following link : https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&loc=en
Regards,
Mayank

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