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The trick is OTVDM. The issue I find for most people though, is properly setting up OTVDM is challenging and not easy (let alone being able to double click .exe's from Windows Explorer), however I was able to come up with a solution that allows you to do just that, and it hooks into how Windows handles .exe's for different architectures.
I wrote an installer which automates this process for you and will let you run *most* of your older 16-bit Windows software on your modern machine. This is beneficial if you have software that you use on your vintage computers, and may want to retain compatibility with working with them on the modern OS. (It can be easily enabled and disabled via Start Menu items, on the fly without requiring reboots, so it can in theory survive major Windows updates, requiring you to only re-activate it).
I have tested it on Windows 10 build 1809 and 1903. Once you install it, go into Start, and look for the Hakemon folder, and select Enable. It'll add hooks into the registry. From there it should just work right away. If you want to remove those hooks, I included a Disable option which removes those entries and will remove 16-bit support.
Compatibility so far is.......it works and it, kinda works. Some apps don't work though at all. I was able to get though Voetra MIDI Orchestra working, AND it interfaced with USB MIDI hardware! Which is pretty damn impressive in my opinion considering USB didn't exist in Windows 3.11, so that might be OTVDM hooking into MIDI itself as an interface.
Thanks to Mike MacEachern from Vintage PC Enthusiasts for this awesome tool!
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