Question

Will 3D Home Architect Deluxe 3 run in Windows 8 64-bit?

Answer 1

No, the application will not work in Windows 8 64-bit because it wasn't developed to support it. Also there is no support for it on Windows 8.1. However, it's possible to run it on 32-bit OS if you manually copy the DRM files to the Sysytem32 directory but this method will not work for Windows 8.1 64-bit.

Answer 2

YES...it will work for Windows 8.1 64-bit. I used the method found at:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_programs/errormy-3d-home-architect-deluxe-30/8095dc0a-d2a4-4850-8b81-fbb1adc7679d

I used the following method found at the site above which worked beautifully!!!!!

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Most Helpful Reply

Echoreyna replied on April 27, 2012 See post history Close

Reply In reply to JAPJR's post on March 27, 2012

Hi. I just got the 3D Home Architect Deluxe 3.0 program to work on my new Windows 7 64-bit laptop, thanks to Iago Fredo's awesome instructions and a little bit of guesswork. For anyone still not sure what to do, I'll adapt his instructions to explain how I got it to work.

Step 1: First, put the CD in the disk drive.

Then, go to Start -> Computer and right click on the program to open it (mine was in the F drive). Don't bother trying to install it since nothing will happen if you click install and you may receive an error message along the lines of the program not being compatible with a 32-bit or 64-bit OS.

Next, search the disk drive for "D3DRM" and copy the files Iago Fredo mentions:
•D3DRM.DLL
•D3DRM8F.DLL
•D3DRM16F.DLL
•D3DRM24F.DLL
•D3DRM32F.DLL

Then place them in C:\Windows\system (Start -> Computer -> Local Disk (C:) -> Windows -> system). For good measure, I also placed the files in C:\Windows\System32.

Step 2: [This is where my instructions will differ from Iago Fredo's.] Even in compatibility mode, Home Architect would not install for me either. However, you can work around this problem. Right click to open the program in the disk drive again.

Then find the folder labelled "PROGRAM". Copy this folder.

Next, go to C:\Program Files (x86) (Start -> Computer -> Local Disk (C:) -> Program Files (x86)) and paste the folder.

Now click on 3DHOMEV3.EXE inside the PROGRAM folder, and 3D Home Architect Deluxe 3.0 should run just as it did in the past!

Note: Although Home Architect will not show up under recently installed programs or even the program files as seen from the start menu, you can always access it from the .exe file in the PROGRAM folder or create a shortcut to get to it more easily.

Hope all of this works as well for you as it did for me! Good luck.

Answer 3

I am running 3D Home Architect Deluxe v2.1 on my Win-10 64bit system right now.
The trick is to NOT install it.
Seriously, no kidding.
Just copy ALL the files from the CD onto a separate hard drive in it's own folder. (You DO store all your important data on a non-OS drive, right?)
Then, find the exe file (in my case it is "3dhadl32.exe"), right click, send to desktop (create short cut).
Works perfectly.