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Ted's Blog
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Ted's Blog is a personal blog at tedwvc.wordpress.com about programming and systems. Since 2012, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Visual C++ 2012 (VC 11 Beta) statically linked applications to run on Windows XP”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link these posts about getting Visual C++ and Visual Studio 2010/2012 programs to run on Windows XP and Windows 2000, including a C++ runtime workaround. The comments cite them as sources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Pushing the limits of Visual C++ compatibility
Most-linked posts?
- Visual C++ 2012 (VC 11 Beta) statically linked applications to run on Windows XP2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-03-13
- /2010/11/07/how-to-get-visual-c-2010-mfc-applications-to-run-on-windows-2000/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-02-29
What Hacker News says?
As far as I know, the Microsoft Store has a similar-sounding check for "unsupported" APIs. I don't know the details though. [1] https://tedwvc.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/finding-the-kernel32... [2] https://github.com/golang/go/issues/21805
Comment linking /2013/07/19/finding-the-kernel32-dll-module-handle-in-a-windows-store-app-using-approved-apis/
on “Electron apps cannot be submitted to the Apple store”Submitted Visual C++ 2012 (VC 11 Beta) statically linked applications to run on Windows XP as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThis OP is referring to this issue: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/... The C++ Runtime Library doesn't support XP, so C++ programs compiled with Visual Studio 2012 can't run on Windows XP. (It is possible to work around this by statically linking and overriding some CRT functions, as detailed here: http://tedwvc.wordpress.com/ ) You can keep using the Visual Studio 2010 C++ compiler (and…
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on “Visual Studio 2012 RC Available Now ”Submitted Microsoft accidently breaks XP compatibility with VS2012 Update 2 as a story · 1 points
HN discussion> (...) I can't build things in C++ that target XP using 2012. Maybe not for long, there is a work in progress: http://tedwvc.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/how-to-get-visual-c-2...
Comment linking /2012/03/11/how-to-get-visual-c-2012-vc-11-beta-statically-linked-crt-and-mfc-applications-to-run-on-windows-xp/
on “Express for Desktop allows for non-metro development in Visual Studio 2012”Submitted Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 released: real, official XP targeting support as a story · 1 points
HN discussionNo, executables made with Visual Studio 2010 run on Windows XP SP3. They don't run on Windows 2000. See: http://tedwvc.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/how-to-get-visual-c-2... There is an in-depth overview of all the things MSFT have removed to prevent the compiled executables from running on Windows 2000. These things still existed in VS 2008, it's not that they had to develop them.
Comment linking /2010/11/07/how-to-get-visual-c-2010-mfc-applications-to-run-on-windows-2000/
on “Visual Studio 11 Beta released”I wonder why they don't apply http://tedwvc.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/how-to-get-visual-c-2... to fix it and keep it runable on Windows 2000, even though Uniscribe might still show some bugs with Arabic text, etc.
Comment linking /2010/11/07/how-to-get-visual-c-2010-mfc-applications-to-run-on-windows-2000/
on “Upcoming Firefox Support Changes (dropping Win2K, XP RTM, XP SP1)”
