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TheNakedCloudGu
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16 bit Application on 64 bit OS

Hi

A quick question, can you ThinApp a 16 bit application on a 32 bit OS, ie. XP, and then run that in a 64 bit OS, ie. Windows 7?

Many thanks

Graham

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Lakshman
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16-bit applications can be ThinApp'd on 32 bit OS but 16-bit applications cannot be executed on 64-bit platforms due to OS limitation.

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Linjo
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Quick answer, no.

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Lakshman
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16-bit applications can be ThinApp'd on 32 bit OS but 16-bit applications cannot be executed on 64-bit platforms due to OS limitation.

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TobyFruthParson
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I realize the post has been answered correctly, but I wish to elaborate.

We packaged a 16-bit application, knowing full well that it would not work on 64-bit Windows.  What we did hope, though, is that it would perform better on 32-bit Windows as a virtualized app.  Instead, we found that the application utilized 50% CPU all the time, whether installed natively or run as a ThinApp.  We even tried it on Citrix and inside 32-bit XP Mode and XP VMware VM in VMPlayer, but still high CPU.

I did find some articles on the Internet referring to ways that you might be able to reduce the CPU wait times using registry hacks and things like that.  Bottom line is that 16-bit apps are causing great damage to the bottom line.  They need to go the way of the horse-drawn carriage.

Toby Fruth, Sr. Specialist, The Parsons Corporation
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Oldie123
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Linux - Debian 32Bit/64Bit - Wine - work

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TobyFruthParson
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Cool.  I'm a big Linux fan, using it since Red Hat 5 back in the late 1990's.

I appreciate that kind of creative thinking.  Unfortunately, I have my doubts that our global enterprise management team will be as appreciative as I am.  Nothing to lose, I suppose, in pitching the idea.

Toby Fruth, Sr. Specialist, The Parsons Corporation
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sandbagger2u22
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I clean installed ESXi and created a 2008R2 server and 2 XP3 clients which ran 16 bit programs just fine. Trying to lose the old server now and put everything on 1 PC which is Windows 11 with VMware Player 16. Created a XP3 client and installed the 16 bit program but can't get it to run. Any suggestions?

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