Run 16-bit command line application on Windows 7 64-bit

Question

I have 16-bit command line tools that I want to run on Windows 7 x64

I don't want to use a Virtual Machine

Can the 16-bit tools be wrapped in some way?

Maybe a 16-bit CMD.exe emulator

Answer 1

http://homepage3.nifty.com/takeda-toshiya/msdos/index.html

This may help you. (Japanese website)

Answer 2

Have you tried downloading XP Mode (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx) for Windows 7? I know it works for 16bit GUI applications, but I don't know about command line programs.

also, you might want to look at DosBox (http://www.dosbox.com). It runs old DOS games, i don't know how it interacts with Windows, however, so I don't know if you can access the file system, etc from DosBox.

good luck, Mark

Answer 3

You must use some kind of a virtual machine. 16-bit is just not supported on Win64.

Answer 4

Try this if you are up to productivity apps. Its a variant of Dosbox but built for old business apps

http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdos/