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Feature request: Windows 95 as windows version #1259

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@BEENNath58

Till date, my main usage of WineVDM was to install old games that used 16-bit installers. There were "a lot of games" that needed to check the system is Windows 95. It was quite simple: Put Windows 95 compatibility mode on a Win32 program that launched the 16-bit installer (such as Autorun program). Compatibility modes were shared across child processes while combability fixes weren't (that's what I discovered).

However the method is no longer feasible since Windows 11 22H2. As EmulateHeap, a compatibility fix included in Windows 95 compatibility mode, no longer works correctly in this version of Windows, most of the installer programs crash due to improper handling of heap.

So my request is simple: I (and a lot more people) would be happy to have the 16-bit programs see Windows version as Windows 95.

Thank you

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