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ale5000
2015-02-24, 06:10
There was a tool on this site that scan api used by executable files and dll and detect the Windows compatibility.
Where is? I cannot find it.

tashi
2015-02-24, 08:31
Hello ale5000,

AppCompat is the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)

For instance:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2007/11/06/appcompat-in-windows-installer.aspx

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/getting-started-with-the-application-compatibility-toolkit.aspx

Hope that helps. :)

ale5000
2015-02-24, 13:38
Thank but I'm talking about an app developed in this forum in he past.
It was a small app with GUI available only in the forum, that detect when a file was compatible with Win 95/98/ME/XP, etc.
I'm not sure about the exact name.

tashi
2015-02-24, 16:14
Hello ale5000,

If you could recall the name it might jog my memory, but apps no longer in development have been removed. :)

ale5000
2015-02-24, 20:20
Unfortunately I cannot remember exactly the name, it was something like "compat", but I remember that it scan the API calls of a executable/dll dropped in the app and say the OS where it works the scanned file.
It was really nice.
I hope someone still have it.