Special Edition Using Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4.0

Using Windows 3.1 Applications in Windows 95

According to Microsoft, Windows 95 features full backward-compatibility with 16-bit Windows 3.1 applications, and thus you can install and use your Windows 3.1 applications in Windows 95 without modification. And in fact, with only rare exceptions, Windows 3.1 applications do indeed run successfully in Windows 95.

Tip

For a current list of programs with known incompatibility problems with Windows 95 and suggested fixes or workarounds, read the file PROGRAMS.TXT in the Windows folder. You can also search for compatible software programs at the following site on the Internet:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/thirdparty/compat.htm

If you encounter a compatibility problem with a legacy application—an ...