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title: Compatibility Monitor User's Guide (Windows 10)
description: Compatibility Monitor is a tool in the runtime analysis package that you can use to monitor applications for compatibility issues. You can also use the Compatibility Monitor tool to submit compatibility feedback.
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# Compatibility Monitor User's Guide


**Applies to**

-   Windows 10
-   Windows 8.1
-   Windows 8
-   Windows 7
-   Windows Server 2012
-   Windows Server 2008 R2

Compatibility Monitor is a tool in the runtime analysis package that you can use to monitor applications for compatibility issues. You can also use the Compatibility Monitor tool to submit compatibility feedback.

## In this section


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<td align="left"><p>[Using Compatibility Monitor to Send Feedback](using-compatibility-monitor-to-send-feedback.md)</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>The Microsoft Compatibility Monitor tool is installed as part of the runtime-analysis package. From the computers in your test environment, you can use Compatibility Monitor to submit compatibility information to the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) database for your organization.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>[Common Compatibility Issues](common-compatibility-issues.md)</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Compatibility issues tend to occur with the following technologies:</p></td>
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## Related topics


[Deciding Which Applications to Test](deciding-which-applications-to-test.md)

[Creating an Enterprise Environment for Compatibility Testing](creating-an-enterprise-environment-for-compatibility-testing.md)

[Creating a Runtime-Analysis Package](creating-a-runtime-analysis-package.md)

[Deploying a Runtime-Analysis Package](deploying-a-runtime-analysis-package.md)