Oh, it should work and it will if you put all the files in the right places yourself by say installing it on wine and copying the changes to the wine system directories over, but starting in Windows 11 running the installer gets a deliberate “this program isn’t meant for this version of Windows” error.
You will run into a lot of old Library issues. Like elf binary missing, lack of 32 bit is starting to become a problem. If you have any old 2.4 kernel dependencies your probably gonna have a problem in Linux
Didn’t work. Application doesn’t even need compatibility mode to run. Running the app copied by someone else from their previous Windows 10 computer sorta works but didn’t find files installed to system directories. Windows 11 just deliberately refuses to execute the installer probably based on recognizing the old family of installer programs specifically.
The users wanted a new Linux laptop. I installed LMDE, showed them how to run the installer with wine. It made a menu item. Drag and drop from whatever the cinnamon file manager is doesn’t work, and there was no file association to open the program’s files. I added one that just opens them with wine and lets it figure it out. I also showed them where their wine c drive was.
After a few weeks they wanted to print to pdf as well as their printer from wine and I had them install cups-pdf
I’ve tried getting Windows XP games to run both in windows 7/10/11 and wine with little success. However, I have gotten them to work in Windows XP virtual machines.
Depends on the program. I’ve got a handful of that old on CDs that still install fine. Checked when I was backing them up to ISO. There’s little bits of weirdness and unintended behavior while running them now, but they still install and run to a fairly acceptable degree.
That experience varies wildly though. Wine tends to handle things better and more consistently.
Windows 11 won’t install those 25 year old programs anymore. Wine will.
I’m really sorry to do this, but 25 years ago was 2001.
Now that the painful part is out of the way, 32-bit software from 2001 should work in Windows 11.
Oh, it should work and it will if you put all the files in the right places yourself by say installing it on wine and copying the changes to the wine system directories over, but starting in Windows 11 running the installer gets a deliberate “this program isn’t meant for this version of Windows” error.
You will run into a lot of old Library issues. Like elf binary missing, lack of 32 bit is starting to become a problem. If you have any old 2.4 kernel dependencies your probably gonna have a problem in Linux
Run the installer in compatibility mode, then run the application in compatibility mode?
Didn’t work. Application doesn’t even need compatibility mode to run. Running the app copied by someone else from their previous Windows 10 computer sorta works but didn’t find files installed to system directories. Windows 11 just deliberately refuses to execute the installer probably based on recognizing the old family of installer programs specifically.
The users wanted a new Linux laptop. I installed LMDE, showed them how to run the installer with wine. It made a menu item. Drag and drop from whatever the cinnamon file manager is doesn’t work, and there was no file association to open the program’s files. I added one that just opens them with wine and lets it figure it out. I also showed them where their wine c drive was.
After a few weeks they wanted to print to pdf as well as their printer from wine and I had them install cups-pdf
My machines and my children’s machines will never boot Windows again.
Good! Not sure how that’s relevant, but good!
Windows sucks, but I made some tools 20 yrs ago and they still just run in win11. As they did on all other windows before since…I dunno, 95? Or 3.11?
But anyhow: Windows sucks.
you’re right, but Windows 7 had a space in our hearts, after that it’s all a load of garbage
3.11, 98, 8.1 and 10 were okay too. I was there…3000 years ago.
I’ve tried getting Windows XP games to run both in windows 7/10/11 and wine with little success. However, I have gotten them to work in Windows XP virtual machines.
Depends on the program. I’ve got a handful of that old on CDs that still install fine. Checked when I was backing them up to ISO. There’s little bits of weirdness and unintended behavior while running them now, but they still install and run to a fairly acceptable degree.
That experience varies wildly though. Wine tends to handle things better and more consistently.