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A comment on How to ensure that your program does not run under Windows 95 (1995) [pdf].

Re:How to ensure that your program does not run under Window... by gwbas1c on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @11:27PM (#23399367)
I remember using custom boot disks for some games...

Makes me wonder if Windows 95 should have just rebooted into DOS for older games. Alt-tab was always sketchy anyway when a have was running.

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Re:How to ensure that your program does not run under Window... by bawolff on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @03:27AM (#23400883)
Didnt it? I remember "reboot in msdos mode" being a thing.
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Re:How to ensure that your program does not run under Window... by ido on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @04:32AM (#23401283)
It could, but most DOS games worked fine inside win95.
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Re:How to ensure that your program does not run under Window... by koala_man on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @02:05AM (#23400346)
Almost all DOS games I played at the time worked fine in Windows 95. There were just a couple that I needed custom boot disks for.
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