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Windows 11 vs. old software
In 2020, I did a video about running old applications on a modern system (Windows 10). And I did it using OTVDM.
In Windows 11, as well as in Windows 10, most older applications are not supported. 16-bit programs are also not supported for a long time.
But we're taking it a step further: in this video we'll install a lot of software and check if Windows 11 can run very old software. And let's look at the behavior of old programs in a modern system
The video shows the release Windows 11, which was released on October 5, 2021
Here I have already collected some software. Some from the list start, and some give an compatibility error.
And so that we do not see errors that the application is not supported, we will install OTVDM.
Usually it is installed manually, but an installer has appeared on the Internet that will do everything for you and also test OTVDM
And if OTVDM is installed correctly, then we will see the calculator from Windows 2.0. OTVDM is designed to run very old software on a modern system.
The first program to be tested will be Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Needs no introduction. This version was released in 2000.
We launch the installer and we see that it setup program starts correctly. On Windows 11.
And Photoshop runs.
The program works fine, but has some bugs in terms of drawing the interface
The next program to check will be Calmira LFN. This program is for Windows 3.1 add Start Menu and Desktop from Windows 95 This version was released in the early 2000s.
And in order to start Calmira and see its full-fledged work, we need to close explorer.exe for a while.
And this is how it looks. The taskbar works well. But the icons have become minimized windows, and when expanded, the program starts :D
Calmira cannot show the amount of free RAM. It is understandable, there is a lot of RAM in the system
The Start menu looks like this. Calmira cannot launch almost any application for various reasons (incorrect paths or a file too incomprehensible for the program)
Also Calmira has Windows 95 style Explorer and Windows NT style Task Manager
The following program is called Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Released in 2004 This program it works in Windows 11, only sometimes it starts to flood windows with a certificate trust confirmation
The next program will be Microsoft Office 95 Released in 1995 with the release of Windows 95
Of course it doesn't work correctly. Errors during loading, fonts are lost in some places, window drawing curves, etc.
Winamp 2 and Winamp 1 players also work well on Windows 11 and play music successfully
The next program will be Total Commander 1.10 The installer in Windows 11 does not work, but the program itself starts
Finally, the last program is called Workplace Shell. This is a program from IBM for Windows 3.1, which made it possible to make the interface of the second version of OS/2 in Windows. Released in 1993
And now after installation we need to close explorer.exe again
We launch the program, see the opening animation and... nothing. But in reality, the icons are simply displayed incorrectly. And you need to look for them blindly to open them.
It works awfully, which is not surprising in principle.
When opening large (by the number) folders, the program just starts to "break" :D
Those who have watched this moment will ask me: why did you check this? And the answer is this: for the sake of interest, I wanted to check the work of very ancient software in Windows 11 and look at the behavior of these programs.
But I'm still wondering: why does Office 95 run on Windows 11? 0_o... Well, that's all I wanted to show. I hope it was interesting. Until next time!
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