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Microsoft used to keep a really good Shim library to hot patch troublesome applications. Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)/Microsoft Windows Application C
by rasz 3y ago
Microsoft used to keep a really good Shim library to hot patch troublesome applications. Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)/Microsoft Windows Application Compatibility Infrastructure.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/planning/creating-a-custom-compatibility-fix-in-compatibility-administrator https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/plannin...
This hack could be accomplished with one of those. In fact here is something that might work https://ryanwill.com/create-and-use-shims-with-microsoft-application-compatibility-toolkit/ https://ryanwill.com/create-and-use-shims-with-microsoft-app...
>CorrectFilePaths – These are similar to symbolic links, but are defined per .EXE instead of system wide
- pathartl 3y agoI've been working with getting games from 1995+ working on modern systems over the past two years, and honestly the biggest incompatibilities I've seen have been in the registry. Combined with some redirected filesystem calls, I really think you could get 98% of games working in a portable fashion. The problem I have with some of these GoG releases is they just patch out buttons for things like networking, when features like local IPX multiplayer can still work with shims.