Native Windows NT 3.51 apps that still run under Windows 10 #

The author of Running DOS Apps on Windows (HN thread) has tested and uploaded a number of standalone EXEs from Windows NT 3.51 that still run well under Windows 10:

Name		Size
calc.exe		54 KB
cdplayer.exe		78 KB
charmap.exe		52 KB
clock.exe		30 KB
control.exe		41 KB
pbrush.exe		230 KB
perfmon.exe		176 KB
sndrec32.exe		106 KB
sol.exe		182 KB
telnet.exe		66 KB
terminal.exe		162 KB
winmine.exe		36 KB

Cursory testing reveals that perennial-favorite time-wasting tool Freecell also works; just extract FREECELL.EXE and CARDS.DLL from the Windows NT 3.51 Workstation CD:

expand D:\I386\FREECELL.EX_ -r C:\Games
expand D:\I386\CARDS.DL_ -r C:\Games

/windows | Jul 27, 2020

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