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I have a bunch of programs for Windows 9x systems in which I use API calls. People are asking me if my programs will work if they upgrade to XP? Am I going to have to re-test all of them to see if they work in XP? Anyone having troubles with XP since its release?
That's a good question, I'm not sure about this, but I don't think so, 'cause Win XP is based on Win2K (I thought). I'm using Win2k and everything is working fine. The only problem could be the (and that's your point I think) that Win XP uses other dll's then the previous versions. I can't believe that MS would do that, cause that wouldn't stimulate to use Win XP above the other versions (that are way smaller)
Doesn't XP have compatibilty modes to make it work for programs written on other OSes?
All available API calls in Windows 9x will work in XP. And yes you can right click any shortcut or .exe file and run it in compatability mode.
See screenshot :D
xp will do it all :D