Making Explorer to display icons of 16-bit programs

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Making Explorer to display icons of 16-bit programs Sept 11, 2023 13:07:10 GMT -8

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Using Winevdm is is possible to run 16-bit software, but Explorer cannot extract icons from 16-bit executables.

This program if put into autostart allows Explorer to show icons of 16-bit executables:

The Jackal Moderator Posts: 1,121 OS: Windows 10, LTSB 2016 & Windows 10, IoT LTSC 2021. Theme: Classic. CPU: Intel i7 4790k RAM: 32 GB. GPU: NVidia GeForce GTX 970.	Making Explorer to display icons of 16-bit programs Sept 11, 2023 14:02:32 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Jackal on Sept 11, 2023 14:02:32 GMT -8 Nice, works exactly as intented. Only downside is it only works for Explorer and not third party file managers.

OrthodoxWin32 Senior Member Save Europe by opposing ChatControl Posts: 1,593 OS: Windows 10 21H2 with File explorer and PowerPro - Debian 10 Buster with Trinity desktop environment Theme: Classic theme in Windows - CDE/Motif theme in Debian CPU: Intel Core i5-8265U RAM: 8,00 Go	Making Explorer to display icons of 16-bit programs Sept 14, 2023 3:44:27 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by OrthodoxWin32 on Sept 14, 2023 3:44:27 GMT -8 I didn't know about this method, but after installing NTVDMx64, Explorer started supporting 16-bit programs icons.
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