How can you get MechCommander to work on 64bit Windows 7

If you have Mechcommander Gold on cd.
In windows explorer create a folder and name it MCX or whatever you wish.
copy the contents from your cd to the new folder.
Note: you will need the cd of mechcommander to be in your disk drive to play but you will start the game for the copied version in your new folder. MCX.EXE will start the game for you. worked for me!
Tried the same with Mechcommander 2 but it did not work for me. hope this helps.