Win 2K: Let 2000 be compatible too

After the launch of Windows XP, it was highly praised by everyone for its good compatibility. It provides program compatibility so that programs that cannot run in Windows XP can be used in compatibility mode. So, Windows 2000, which is also considered to be not very compatible, does it have such a feature?

In fact, Windows 2000 has been considered for application compatibility issues, but it is not built into the operating system. It provides a system tool called Application Compatibility Tool that temporarily emulates other versions of Windows on Windows 2000 systems, such as Windows 95/98/NT (SP3, SP4, SP5), making some that would otherwise not work on Windows 2000. The running program is working properly.

By default, Windows 2000 does not install the system tool, we can pick it up. Open the Windows 2000 installation CD and go to the Support Tools directory. You can find an executable file named Apcompat.exe, which can be used by copying it to the system folder. Of course, you can also run Setup.exe in the Tools directory to install the toolkit provided by Windows 2000, which also contains the Application Compatibility Tool.

Figure 1 Windows 2000 can also simulate other versions

It is also very simple to use: if you install the Windows 2000 toolkit, find and run it from the Start menu, you can see the simple Interface (Figure 1). Click the Browse button, select the program you want to run, then select the operating system you want to simulate in the "Operating System" field, then click OK.

If you still can't run, you can try the first three options in Figure 1 below. Their roles are:

1 Prevent the program from conflicting with the memory management mode of Windows 2000.

2 for disabling the temporary directory of Windows 2000

3 Preventing programs from conflicting with Windows 2000 disk space detection

By the above method, the program can generally be normal in Windows 2000. Run it, then select 4 (write the relevant information to the registry), you do not need to run the Application Compatibility Tool every time.

However, not all programs that are not compatible with Windows 2000 can be solved by this method, because after all, many programs not only need the support of the operating system, but also involve many dynamic link libraries, which cannot be simulated.