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Can Windows 95 run .NET and other modern apps? A YouTuber found the way
.NET Framework was introduced in Windows 98
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Published onApril 17, 2024
published onApril 17, 2024
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Windows 95 was revolutionary in the 90s because it allowed everyone to operate it without any technical skills. Apparently, there’s a lot of fun in teaching an old dog new tricks and an YouTuber who calls himself MattKC found a challenge in making Windows 95 run thousands of apps that Microsoft deemed obsolete.
However, he first needed to port .NET for everything else to work, and that proved much more challenging than he thought.
In this almost 52 minutes long clip, MattKC almost gave up because he also struggled to install KernelEx and missing DLL files and still couldn’t get .NET Framework to run. For the record, .NET was first introduced with Windows 98 which ran on a Windows NT architecture.
He finally discovered that the ndphlpr legacy driver, which was necessary to .NET to run was also causing it to crash.
MattKC finally found the coding problem behind it using WinDebug, that was also a struggle to install. The YouTuber managed to get the error to appear in a window and he could fix the DLL compatibility. Finally, he got Snipping Tool and Lego Island Rebuilder to run on Windows 95. Victory!
This was only a very short version of the story. You can find more info onWindows Central, and, of course, in his clip. We don’t know how many hours he spent on this troubleshooting almost impossible mission but the video is the very least entertaining, so we encourage it to watch it.
Comparing it to Windows 95, Windows 7 is a modern OS andmany are still using itright now. By the way, anyone tried to run Copilot on Windows 7 and maybe confront with Clippy? Tell us what you think in the comments below.
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Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, Claudiu is focused on whatever comes new from Microsoft.
His abrupt interest in computers started when he saw the first Home Computer as a kid. However, his passion for Windows and everything related became obvious when he became a sys admin in a computer science high school.
With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!
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Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
