Windows 10 Compatibility for Windows XP/2003 (WIP) - downlevel DLL's

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Later versions of Windows have DLL's that do live in c:\windows\syswow64\downlevel

To get some Windows XP+ apps working:

There are slightly patched, using a to match the import, but not all.

e.g. kernel32.dll.VirtualProtect to kernel32.VirtualProtect

Examples names of these DLL's are:

  • API-MS-WIN-CORE-STRING-L1-1-0.DLL
  • API-MS-WIN-CORE-PROCESSTHREADS-L1-1-0.DLL
  • API-MS-WIN-CORE-WINRT-L1-1-0.DLL

Download patched DLL's

Date Filename Link
2020/12/02 20201202_downlevel.zip https://gofile.io/d/DH9dZL
2020/11/23 20201123_downlevel.zip https://gofile.io/d/DH9dZL
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Pub: 23 Nov 2020 01:03 UTC
Edit: 06 Jan 2021 09:51 UTC
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