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Windows 95 (4.0) tells 16 bit apps that it is “3.95” because enough old apps had problems because of broken version checks. So it’s not without precedent for a
by fredoralive 6y ago
Windows 95 (4.0) tells 16 bit apps that it is “3.95” because enough old apps had problems because of broken version checks. So it’s not without precedent for an OS to lie to old apps about version numbers, and in this case the version has been 10 for 20 years, so there are probably a fair few that assume the major part must be 10.
- my123 6y agoWindows 8.1 onwards also do in Windows land, with it returning the Windows 8.0 version number (NT 6.2, build 9200) for apps that aren't enlightened for newer versions.