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16-bit programs on 64-bit Windows

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Otvdm / Winevdm allows you to run old Windows 16-bit software in 64-bit Windows.

Home page:
https://mendelson.org/otvdm.html

GitHub:
https://github.com/otya128/winevdm
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16-bit programs on 64-bit Windows

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You might be also interested in:

ntvdmx64:
https://github.com/leecher1337/ntvdmx64
https://mendelson.org/ntvdmx64.html

nxvm:
https://github.com/cshaxu/nxvm
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Thanks for the info, but I prefer not to alter system files. So otvdm does what I need, mainly playing old 16-bit games :)
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I've found this trick for Windows 10:
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/enable-16-bit-application-support-windows-10/

But I haven't tried it yet, I'm happy with otvdm :)
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