Will programs designed for Windows 7 work on Windows 8? [closed]

Solution 1:

According to Kevin Turner, Microsoft's COO said at the Worldwide Partner Conference 2011.“The gateway to get to Windows 8 is Windows 7, and we will have backward compatibility with Windows 7 embedded into Windows 8. That's something that we're very committed to. But that's a really important first pillar,”. So according to Microsoft answer is yes.

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