Way to run 32-bit programs in Win10 ???

[Mick]

I want to run 32-bit programs in either Win10 (my desktop) or Win10pro (my tablet.)

I have a little program that will allow 16-bit programs to run but I can't find anything that will run 32-bit programs. Does anyone have or know of anything that will do it?

Back in my Win7pro days I could run Shiny, the Windows-ized adaptation of Ivan Hsu's Shine, but it doesn't work in my Win10 desktop, not even in its WinXP virtual machine. I found it a quick and easy way to gloss or semi-gloss or semi-matte a model to properly display a paint job. (Yes, I know I can do that with MDLmat but it's so annoyingly tedious!)

When I got to setting up the tablet I found that it has a Command Prompt feature, which I guess is some sort of virtual DOS. Wow, I thought, I'll be able to run Shiny, a DOS-based program with a Windows interface. Nope. I get an error message telling me that it's a 32-bit program and won't run. Drat!

I bought the tablet almost two years ago, thinking that it would be nice to be able to sit out in the yard on pleasant days and check my e-mail, read the news, and maybe do some simple FS stuff. It was listed as a refurbished unit running Win8.1 and was priced accordingly for a rig with an operating system two generations old, and for a hundred bucks I couldn't resist. It then sat in my closet for almost two years before I recently got around to setting it up for use. To my great surprise I found that it has Win10pro, which includes the Command Prompt feature, so I installed Shiny and got the result I mentioned. I've scoured the web for something to allow 32-bit programs to run in a 64-bit system and the only way I found was to install a 32-bitvirtual machine - an expense and annoyance that I'm not that motivated to do.

Any ideas?

 

[zswobbie1]

32-bit programs will run in a 64-bit environment, as seen with FS2004 running within Windows 10/11.
A DOS program is another issue.. However..
A 'Google' search gives quite a few answers..One of which is..
To run a 16-bit DOS program on 64-bit Windows 10, use an emulator like DOSBox.
It also gives alternatives, & there are plenty of Youtube videos explaining how to solve your query.

 

[Priller]

I want to run 32-bit programs in either Win10 (my desktop) or Win10pro (my tablet.)

I have a little program that will allow 16-bit programs to run but I can't find anything that will run 32-bit programs. Does anyone have or know of anything that will do it?

Back in my Win7pro days I could run Shiny, the Windows-ized adaptation of Ivan Hsu's Shine, but it doesn't work in my Win10 desktop, not even in its WinXP virtual machine. I found it a quick and easy way to gloss or semi-gloss or semi-matte a model to properly display a paint job. (Yes, I know I can do that with MDLmat but it's so annoyingly tedious!)

When I got to setting up the tablet I found that it has a Command Prompt feature, which I guess is some sort of virtual DOS. Wow, I thought, I'll be able to run Shiny, a DOS-based program with a Windows interface. Nope. I get an error message telling me that it's a 32-bit program and won't run. Drat!

I bought the tablet almost two years ago, thinking that it would be nice to be able to sit out in the yard on pleasant days and check my e-mail, read the news, and maybe do some simple FS stuff. It was listed as a refurbished unit running Win8.1 and was priced accordingly for a rig with an operating system two generations old, and for a hundred bucks I couldn't resist. It then sat in my closet for almost two years before I recently got around to setting it up for use. To my great surprise I found that it has Win10pro, which includes the Command Prompt feature, so I installed Shiny and got the result I mentioned. I've scoured the web for something to allow 32-bit programs to run in a 64-bit system and the only way I found was to install a 32-bitvirtual machine - an expense and annoyance that I'm not that motivated to do.

Any ideas?

Probably because when you run the installer, it installs itself in C:\Program Files\ which is where the 64 bit programs reside on a 64 bit system. Either install them in C:\Program Files (x86)\ where they actually belong, or just on another drive. 32 bit programs run just fine in Windows 10/11.

 

[Mick]

Thanks to both of you!

There's no installer. Shiny is just dropped directly on the C drive (the ReadMe says it won't work anywhere else.)

I thought the lack of DOS or virtual DOS was the problem with my W10 desktop, but it won't run in the XP virtual machine either. Or on my w10pro tablet which has virtual DOS. Maybe it's just too primitive to run on a modern computer.