Cmd not working

[FOXBAT2000]

I found out that 16bit programs will not work using windows-10 32bit , as others ver would.
the error I get is NTVDM.EXE has encountered a system error.....a device attached to the
system in not functioning.... please close
Does anyone know what is going on, I am at a loss trying to find out.
thanks doug

 

[DelJo63]

I believe all 16bit programs are now history.

 

[gbhall]

From your adopted moniker, I guess you like to run old Foxpro programs. Foxpro is a 32-bit program (at least in it's final Dos version) and could be persuaded to run under Win 7 with some difficulty. Whether or not it will run under Win 10 I have no idea.

As jobeard says, no 16-bit program is going to run at all, but you could try inside a virtual Win 98 OS which is itself running in Win 10. Even then I would think the chances are less than 20%, and direct access to the hardware will be denied.