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can i run .exe application in here?

• RossM 13y ago
  Yes - they're creating a system that supports the same Windows APIs. You can see a few well known apps running here[0]. [0]: http://www.reactos.org/screenshots http://www.reactos.org/screenshots
• TazeTSchnitzel 13y ago
  Yes, but it might not work.
  • _JamesA_ 13y ago
    So just like Windows then.
    • RKearney 13y ago
      I don't know about you, but I have much, much better luck running executables under Windows than say Linux or OS X. Microsoft puts a ton of work into keeping backwards compatibility. You can watch the YouTube Video[0] of someone upgrading through every Windows version (well, most?). OS X users have to figure out if they need that Intel or PPC binary, or maybe just the larger universal one and call it a day. Then there's not being able to run any of their older PPC-only apps once Apple removed Rosetta from OS X. [0] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPnehDhGa14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPnehDhGa14
      • andoriyu 13y ago
        Guess what. OS X users upgrade their system much faster than win-users. That leads to developers not wasting time to support old OS X and focus on the new one, with new APIs. > OS X users have to figure out if they need that Intel or PPC binary, or maybe just the larger universal one and call it a day. Whoa, how is life in 2006? >Then there's not being able to run any of their older PPC-only apps once Apple removed Rosetta from OS X. I would like an example of the app that you absolutely want to run. > Microsoft puts a ton of work into keeping backwards compatibility. Usually MS fails at it. Upgrading to win 8 made me furious because apps stopped working. I still remember time when I had to dual-boot win 98 and xp in order to play pre-xp games.
        • jongalloway2 13y ago
          Which programs didn't work for you under Windows 8? Just curious, I haven't hit one yet.
          • Bill_Dimm 13y ago
            I haven't used Windows 8, but Microsoft's documentation says that IFilter support was removed[1] in Windows 8, so search engine software, document clustering software, etc. that relied on IFilter to extract text from various file formats is probably dead. 1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms691105(v=vs.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms691105(v=vs.85).as...
          • rational_indian 13y ago
            Start menu 8 and other start menu replacements do not work in windows 8.1 (windows blue). They have deliberately sabotaged these utility programs.
            • ygra 13y ago
              Those programs are very dependent on how Explorer initialises the task bar, in what order messages are posted and how controls are named or laid out. It's not exactly a surprise that those things stop working, given that the program digs around in another program's internals. Besides, Windows 8.1 brings its own start button, so those programs have to be adjusted anyway to account for that. Fun read: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2003/12/23/45481.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2003/12/23/45481...
          • wazoox 13y ago
            Most excellent old games that used to work fine on XP don't work anymore on Windows 8 (Stronghold, Thief, Warlords battlecry 2...) or only after long hours of tinkering.
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      • hrrsn 13y ago
        > OS X users have to figure out if they need that Intel or PPC binary, or maybe just the larger universal one and call it a day This hasn't been an issue for years. Since Rosetta was killed off in 2011 you really don't see any UB/PPC apps around.