Running a program built for Win 95?

Recently I found my old copy of MindGym, a 1996 puzzle game that requires QuickTime 2.11

When I try to run it, the .exe is active but nothing appears. I set it to Win 95 compatibility but nothing changes.

How can I make it run on my PC?

Your bet bet would be to run it in a virtual machine. Windows 7 has drastically changed compared to Windows 9x editions.

I'm not sure but I'm betting that game uses a 16-bit application to install or run; if so, Windows 7 x64 won't run or support 16-bit components, processes, or applications - 64-bit versions of Windows do not support 16-bit components, 16-bit processes, or 16-bit applications

sygnus21 said:

I'm not sure but I'm betting that game uses a 16-bit application to install or run; if so, Windows 7 x64 won't run or support 16-bit components, processes, or applications - 64-bit versions of Windows do not support 16-bit components, 16-bit processes, or 16-bit applications

do you think it will run on Win XP?

FuturDreamz said:

Your bet bet would be to run it in a virtual machine. Windows 7 has drastically changed compared to Windows 9x editions.

I want to install Win 95 and boot it separately without touching my existing Win 7 setup. How should I go about doing this?

I have already downloaded a set of Win 95 .IMA files

luckyrick said:

FuturDreamz said:

Your bet bet would be to run it in a virtual machine. Windows 7 has drastically changed compared to Windows 9x editions.

I want to install Win 95 and boot it separately without touching my existing Win 7 setup. How should I go about doing this?

I don't believe Windows 95 is even capable of booting on the same hardware as Windows 7. It's simply not supported anymore.

And if the game is 16-bit, standard visualizer won't work, either. You'll need an emulator like QEMU.

luckyrick said:

sygnus21 said:

I'm not sure but I'm betting that game uses a 16-bit application to install or run; if so, Windows 7 x64 won't run or support 16-bit components, processes, or applications - 64-bit versions of Windows do not support 16-bit components, 16-bit processes, or 16-bit applications

do you think it will run on Win XP?

Probably. It's been awhile but I do believe XP supported 16-bit apps. I could be wrong though, as I said, it's been awhile. And honestly I can't remember using any software from Win 95 days, including games under XP.

If XP runs based on the same platform as NT or Win 2000 then Yes, 16-bit apps are supported.

+1 on just running a Virtual PC on your Win 7... that is what I do on my office PC. I run Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit and I also run Windows Virtual PC for those apps that require XP or less.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/vir.../download.aspx


Extremely easy to install and run... even I was able to do so!