Quantcast
Channel: VMware Communities : All Content - VMware® ThinApp®
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 1382

Packaging newer apps for older OS {win xp}

$
0
0

Hello,

 

I would like to make some new programs to work on windows xp 64/32

 

Example: firefox, chrome, skype

 

So my question is... Can i make a program that requires windows 7 or higher run on windows xp? By packaging all needed dlls from my windows 7 with the virtualized app in correct folders (ie: system32, syswow64, winsxs)

 

Can application virtualization technology & thinapp achieve that?

 

I've tried but it doesn't seem to work once i package any dlls (like ntdll, kernel32, shell32) with the app, after building it wont run! Not even in windows7!

 

 

Many organizations still & will keep relying on xp

Governments, health care, even large portion of us military still uses xp

& why? For it's rigourously tested stability, effeciency & minimal footprint

 

& these organizations can't afford redeploying their infrastructure to another os...

It is not just a financial problem but there are irreplaceable hardware/software drivers... Gpu intensive, that you can't install/use in virtual machines

 

So while on these systems we would like to have access to simple things, like researching online... & with many websites using TLS 1.3 & other things, latest xp compatible browsers (firefox 52, chrome 48) don't support

You can't access these websites. Having chat with a colleague on something like skype... Etc

 

This is just an example but 90% of usage will be offline, we would like to use some tools that unfortunately not supported on xp...

 

I know a lot of people & i have many friends with the same interests...

 

If Thinapp can do that, then not only me & my friends, but millions & millions of people will be relying on it!


Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 1382

Trending Articles