Posted 4/14/2024, 12:41:51 PM
YouTuber Gets .NET Framework Running on Windows 95, Allows Thousands of Modern Apps on 28-Year-Old OS After Days of Debugging
- YouTuber MattKC ported the .NET Framework to Windows 95 to allow running thousands of modern apps on the 28-year-old OS
- Getting .NET running required adding over 5,000 registry keys and debugging numerous compatibility issues
- A key problem was the lack of the "ndphlpr" driver in Windows 95, which .NET relies on for reasons unknown
- After days of debugging, a machine code error was traced to missing API functions needed for .NET's JIT compiler
- Finally, MattKC got apps like Rebuilder and a screenshot tool working on the Frankenstein Windows 95+.NET system