Does Windows 10 support all the compatibility modes that Windows 7 did?

magellan

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• Jul 17, 2016

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I still play old, old games (Xwing Alliance for one). Does Windows 10 still support Windows 98 compatibility mode and all the others?

 

Zuzzz

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• Jul 17, 2016

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I just looked and it shows it has support all the way back to Win95. ymmv

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Audioaficionado

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• Jul 25, 2016

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What !!? No windows 3.11 support?

 

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• Jul 25, 2016

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Audioaficionado said:

What !!? No windows 3.11 support?

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Looks like 16-bit support was removed...

 

Audioaficionado

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• Jul 25, 2016

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That's a given with x64 OS

I've always had a 32bit OS in a VM to run 16bit apps.

Maybe a Docker can be built for legacy 16bit/8bit apps that runs in windows.

 

c627627

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• Jul 26, 2016

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Just in case anyone is taking you guys seriously, there was never any support earlier than Windows 95.
But I still use 16-bit WordPerfect 5.1 [frequently] on Windows 8/10 64-bit through a DOS Box modified program, so these things can be done...

 

Tech Tweaker

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• Jul 27, 2016

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Zuzzz said:

I just looked and it shows it has support all the way back to Win95. ymmv

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Really?

I thought they didn't have support back past Windows 7? I remembered hearing there was no support for XP-based programs/applications (or older).

 

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c627627

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This is incorrect.
If things work under Windows 8.1 - they work under Windows 10 as a general rule.
Compatibility TAB is identical.

 

Zuzzz

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Tech Tweaker said:

Really?

I thought they didn't have support back past Windows 7? I remembered hearing there was no support for XP programs/applications.

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There is no MS support for the older OS's. What this thread is about is whether a program can run under said OS. In this case Windows 10. And Windows 10 will run programs in compatibility mode as far back as Win95. Also as c627627 noted you can use a DOS box to run 16-bit programs. I think there may have been some confusion.

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Tech Tweaker

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Zuzzz said:

There is no MS support for the older OS's. What this thread is about is whether a program can run under said OS. In this case Windows 10.

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I know, that was what I was talking about as well, I wasn't confused at all.