Windows 10: Windows 10 Compatibility Mode - Getting Windows 95/98 Discs to Run

Hi!So I got a few of my childhood games out recently to run on my new $2,000 desktop, which has the Windows 10 OS and 'compatibility mode.'I have edited the compatibility settings for a game to run with Windows 95, and also tried 98, Vista 2 and Vista 3. I have changed the other settings too, including reduced color, disabling fullscreen, running as admin and changing DPI. I've changed the settings under each system's compatibility mode, but I always get the same error when I actually try to run the disc setup: "This app can't run on your PC; To find a version for your PC, check with the softw

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Publisher 98 Compatibility

Hello,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft community.

I understand that you want to know if Publisher 98 is compatible with Windows 10 and I’ll help you out.

Since Publisher 98 is a very old program and the chances of that program working with Windows 10 is very thin. Before you run the program in compatibility mode, install the program in compatibility mode and then run the program in compatibility
mode (Follow the steps ‘run in compatibility’ given below to install the program in compatibility mode.)

Since Publisher 98 is compatible with Windows 95, you can try running Publisher 98 in compatibility mode for Windows 95.

Run in compatibility mode and check.

Follow these steps to run the program in compatibility mode and check if that helps.



a. Right-click on the Publisher 98 file and click on ‘properties’.

b. Click on the ‘compatibility’ tab and check the box ‘Run this program in compatibility mode for’
and select Windows 95 operating system from the drop down menu and proceed with the installation.

c. Once this is done, restart the computer and check if you are able to run the program.

Hope this will help you. Keep us posted with the status of the issue. We’ll be glad to assist if you need further assistance.

Thank you.

 

Hyper-V and Windows 95/98?

So, I did try compatibility mode. That will run partly, but it won't work for the SETUP.EXE I need to run for the game to work. That means I either need to get a VM working or that I need to actually build a Windows 95/98 computer. Which of these two paths do you suggest I pursue more than the other?

1. Use VMWare/VBox to try to get Windows 95/98 going
2. Find the hardware needed to build a Windows 95/98 machine.

"Incidentally if installing under VMware or Vbox remember to install the VMWare tools or VBOX additions to the guest after first logon -- windows 98 / 95 won't know anything about HDMI / 1080p/ 4k Ultra HD size monitors -- that's what the virtual video driver will do - plus better control for sound, mouse, networking and some other enhancements.
I can assure you it's hideous looking at standard VGA on a big 50 inch 4K monitor !!! That's what you will get if you don't install vmware tools or vbox additions (might be called Oracle virtual box additions these days)."

^This is why I'm leaning more towards actually building a Windows 95/98 system from old parts.

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Someone else from another source also suggested to me that running Windows XP might be the middle ground for the game to work between Windows 10 and Windows 95. Questions based on this idea:
Q. Will Windows XP install to an SSd, or for that matter, to an M.2 SSD?
Q. Is there still a buy-able copy of Windows XP out there?

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Right now I'm downloading VMWare Workstation 15 Pro. Is that the VM software I need?

 

WINDOWS 10 COMPATABILITY: Running Windows 95 discs.

Hello, greetings, and all that good stuff;

I have a few CDs from way back in the Windows 95-98 era that I'd like to run in Windows 10. I am given to believe that they would be incompatible.

How does one make them compatible? Is there a software patch of some kind to amend Windows 10 with?

Thanks a bundle and keep me posted.