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title: Using ACT (Windows 10)
description: This section describes how to use the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) in your organization.
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# Using ACT


**Applies to**

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

This section describes how to use the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) in your organization.

## In this section


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<td align="left"><p>[Taking Inventory of Your Organization](taking-inventory-of-your-organization.md)</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>This section provides information about how to use the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) to identify applications and devices that are installed in your organization.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>[Testing Compatibility on the Target Platform](testing-compatibility-on-the-target-platform.md)</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>This section provides information about setting up a test environment for compatibility testing, and about creating and deploying runtime-analysis packages to the test environment.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>[Managing Your Data-Collection Packages](managing-your-data-collection-packages.md)</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>This section provides information about using Application Compatibility Manager (ACM) to manage your data-collection packages. Data-collection packages include inventory-collector packages and runtime-analysis packages. The following procedures apply to both package types.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>[Analyzing Your Compatibility Data](analyzing-your-compatibility-data.md)</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>This section provides information about viewing and working with your compatibility data in Application Compatibility Manager (ACM).</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>[Fixing Compatibility Issues](fixing-compatibility-issues.md)</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>This section provides step-by-step instructions and describes development tools that you can use to help fix your compatibility issues.</p></td>
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## Related topics


[Welcome to ACT](welcome-to-act.md)

[Configuring ACT](configuring-act.md)

[Troubleshooting ACT](troubleshooting-act.md)

[ACT User Interface Reference](act-user-interface-reference.md)

[ACT Product and Documentation Resources](act-product-and-documentation-resources.md)

[ACT Glossary](act-glossary.md)

[Compatibility Fixes for Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista](compatibility-fixes-for-windows-8-windows-7-and-windows-vista.md)