Pagemaker 7

I have Pagemaker 7 (with updates 701 & 701a) installed on my PC running Windows 7 pro in 32 bit, & on my laptop running Windows 7 Home 64 bit.
No problem installing & running on either machine.
The problem is, where both machines will ask if I want to save my work when I click close, & indeed both do. With the 32 bit I can then go on to exit PM 7 as normal, & when I return my work is saved under recent files. But the 64 bit version, when I click exit advises that there is a problem; "Pagemaker is not responding, windows is looking for a solution" As per usual it can't find one and advises it will now close the program, which is what I told it to do. Also in 64 bit, when I come back to Pagemaker 7 there is nothing in Recent & I have to go to my file folder to find the file I want.
Question, anybody got any ideas, or is it just 64 bit that is incompatable?

Question, anybody got any ideas, or is it just 64 bit that is incompatable?
Exactly that. The info is stored in the registry and on 64bit systems the layout of the various sections is different. it treis to write info to a place it's not allowed to, meaning it wants to write e.g. to HKEY_Current_Config\Software\Windows instead of where it is supposed to in HKEY_Current_Config\Software\WOW6432Node\Windows simply because it doesn't know how to do it. you could manualyl instate the proper keys and set your Registry permissions of course, but I have no clue about the exact structure. try comparing your 32bit install with the 64bit one, then export a *.reg file and try to import it or manualyl create the necessary keys...
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