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Resources for Windows 95a programs
Name: andy29 Date: February 26, 2007 at 03:54:55 Pacific OS: Win95a CPU/Ram: 150 mhz/35mb Product: HP omnibook 5700
Comment:
Recently installed Windows 95 (a) and I am having a difficult time trying to find 16 bit windows 95 programs, like Word and Power Desk or another file manager program and a alarm clock program.
Can Win 3.11 programs just be used as a general rule or is there some tip that would let me know what would or wouldn't work on this system?
Please be aware that any Microsoft Software is Licensed and not freeware/warez....
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Response Number 3
Name: Derek Date: February 26, 2007 at 10:09:20 Pacific
Reply:
There's no general rule, some W31 progs work on W95 some don't. They are not normally "installed" but just put in place and the .exe file double clicked. Settings are saved into an ini file which can either be in the program folder or in c:\windows
DerekW
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Response Number 4
Name: jboy Date: February 26, 2007 at 16:18:51 Pacific
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There's really no hard & fast rule - some will require installation, or (at least) may require plunking the right DLLs and INI files in the appropriate places
Lots of Win32 programs work on 95A (I still maintain my old machine and it has a slew)
You just need to scout around, places like oldversion.com or 95is alive etc etc etc
I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter.
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Response Number 5
Name: andy29 Date: March 1, 2007 at 17:12:58 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks, I found Tiny spell and a Word substitute that I was looking for.
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Response Number 6
Name: Derek Date: March 1, 2007 at 17:45:39 Pacific
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Thats good news. Thx for popping back to let us know.
DerekW
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Response Number 7
Name: andy29 Date: March 2, 2007 at 15:34:11 Pacific
Reply:
Just for the record PowerDesk 4.0 works on win 95A.
Good day and thanks
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Response Number 8
Name: Derek Date: March 2, 2007 at 16:13:13 Pacific
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Thx for info.
DerekW
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Response Number 9
Name: jboy Date: March 2, 2007 at 18:18:59 Pacific
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Lots of things do - there's rarely a reason to have to resort to Win31 apps, and several reasons not to (lack of long file or path name support is a big one)
I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter.
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