Migration of VRMilling 5 to Windows 11 from Windows 7
Posted: Thu 05 Nov , 2026 16:38 pm
I have spent the best part of two days upgrading the PC which controls my TriacPC to a new PC running Windows 11. The old PC was running Win7. This has not been an easy process so I am adding my solutions here in case it helps anyone else.
First up the only reason for upgrade was the difficulty networking Win7 to Win 11. By moving to Win11 I have avoided this by using OneDrive.
I downloaded the latest version of VR5 (currently 5.71) and this took a couple of tries to get it to work, the first time I ended up with messages regarding compatibility. When the software was booted Win11 kept giving warnings that changes were being made to my system. The only way to get rid of those was to bring up the UAC User Account Control Settings and set this to minimum. (Control Panel > System and Security > Change User Account Control settings).
Despite this version being able to connect to the Triac it had a number of features missing. Notably the Stop/Start/Rewind buttons. I also had a number of error messages regarding access violations to various memory locations.
I reverted back to version 5.55 of VR5 which has worked reliably on my Win7 PC. This worked more reliably however when trying to machine a part the editor stopped at line 11 and refused to go any further.
I then went back to the properties menu for VR5 (Right Click on the Icon) and selected the Compatibility tab. I set compatibility to use Windows 7.
As far as I have been able to confirm this combination does seem to work as I expected with all functions working. It could be that version 5.71 would benefit from this but if it isn't broke ....
It is also important to make sure that the settings are correct for the new software and that the machine is set correctly. I was able to to download my tool data from the old machine and transfer to the new machine however if you have a non tool changer machine with greater than 6 tools you do need to set the tool manager to have sufficient space for the tools before you complete this process. (VR5>Setup>Setup Machine Parameters>enter password (denny) >Tool Change for your machine > Set number of tools to number of lines needed. Set toolchanger to unticked if you do not have a tool changer.)
Slightly later... Updated to VR5 Version 5.71. This time no issues (as I had an idea what I was doing this time!) I used Windows 7 compatibility settings which seemed to be the right way to go. All functions now working as expected. Incidentally if you copy your offset information to the Denford folder within C://programdata it can then be seen when you update your offset information.
Hope this helps
Mike
First up the only reason for upgrade was the difficulty networking Win7 to Win 11. By moving to Win11 I have avoided this by using OneDrive.
I downloaded the latest version of VR5 (currently 5.71) and this took a couple of tries to get it to work, the first time I ended up with messages regarding compatibility. When the software was booted Win11 kept giving warnings that changes were being made to my system. The only way to get rid of those was to bring up the UAC User Account Control Settings and set this to minimum. (Control Panel > System and Security > Change User Account Control settings).
Despite this version being able to connect to the Triac it had a number of features missing. Notably the Stop/Start/Rewind buttons. I also had a number of error messages regarding access violations to various memory locations.
I reverted back to version 5.55 of VR5 which has worked reliably on my Win7 PC. This worked more reliably however when trying to machine a part the editor stopped at line 11 and refused to go any further.
I then went back to the properties menu for VR5 (Right Click on the Icon) and selected the Compatibility tab. I set compatibility to use Windows 7.
As far as I have been able to confirm this combination does seem to work as I expected with all functions working. It could be that version 5.71 would benefit from this but if it isn't broke ....
It is also important to make sure that the settings are correct for the new software and that the machine is set correctly. I was able to to download my tool data from the old machine and transfer to the new machine however if you have a non tool changer machine with greater than 6 tools you do need to set the tool manager to have sufficient space for the tools before you complete this process. (VR5>Setup>Setup Machine Parameters>enter password (denny) >Tool Change for your machine > Set number of tools to number of lines needed. Set toolchanger to unticked if you do not have a tool changer.)
Slightly later... Updated to VR5 Version 5.71. This time no issues (as I had an idea what I was doing this time!) I used Windows 7 compatibility settings which seemed to be the right way to go. All functions now working as expected. Incidentally if you copy your offset information to the Denford folder within C://programdata it can then be seen when you update your offset information.
Hope this helps
Mike