Windows 10: 16 bit programs on 32 bit windows 10...

hi... i installed vdm on my 32 bit windows 10
to run 16 bit windows programs
have all the dlls in the windows system folder
rebooted... and the programs still won't run...
says something is missing...

any ideas why?

:)

 

How do I load an old software, Publisher 95 on to my Windows 10 computer? The error message comes up that won't allow me to continue due to compatibility.

Hi,

You may not be able to run this program on Win 10 64 bit...

The program may be compiled as 16 bit, and Win 10 x64 no longer will run a 16 bit program or drivers... Even under Compatibility Mode...

Win 10 32 bit (x86) will with some modifications...

I was unable to determine if Publisher is compiled as 16 or 32 bit in a quick search...

 

hope to change 64bit windows 10 to 32bit windows 10

32-bit programs do run under the 64-bit version of Windows 10. It's 16-bit programs that won't run.

 

Windows 10 cannot run older 16 bit programs. You could use XP in a virtual machine.

 

interesting... cause when i went to run one
windows update popped up and said
i needed to install ntvdm so i did
and it said it was ok...

they ran ok on windows 7...

i have windows 3.1 installed on dosbox
maybe i'll use that...

 

64 bit versions of Windows can't run 16-bit applications, but 32 bit versions should run them, as far as I knew.

 

I may be wrong, however, I thought I read scuttlebutt indicating hardware also plays a role, regardless of software.

 

*Ditto That's my understanding also, unless something has changed? You may have to try running them in compatibility mode though?

 

when i run one i get a message saying a component is missing
like it does with a dll file...but i have all of them...

 

System or System32, and does it matter?

 

i always put them in the system folder
that's where they are...

as soon as i copied them to the system 32 folder
they worked... that did it... thanks...

 

Just a lucky guess on my part, glad it solved the problem though.

 

it worked for a day...

now i get the same message for every single one i open...

i always put them in system
but for windows 10 they worked in system 32
so i moved them all to system 32...


edit: found the trouble....
for some reason it won't load them
if i run them off my backup drive
but it will off the c drive

so every time they worked i was on the c drive...