![]() ![]() After each iteration, save the main VHD as ReactOS may corrupt its registry and it easier to use a copy of the fully backed up VHD than it is to reinstall each time. Add the APPS VHD on the next boot and start testing. Install it, format the main drive as FAT, reboot. Install Virtualbox and create an XP-type virtual machine, create a 10gb VHD for the o/s, load the ReactOS nightly build ISO into the virtual CD ROM and boot it. Create a 3gb NTFS VHD on windows called APPS and in Windows load some installers there and copy your programs there too. I suggest you take a ReactOS nightly build. My two main VB6 programs run on ReactOS almost without error at all. When Microsoft deprecates the VB6 environment so much that it becomes impossible to run your program on current Windows ReactOS could be the solution. OK, the VB6 IDE is not yet installable on ReactOS (testing still underway) but the above proves something that Olaf Schmidt and I discussed on a thread on this forum some years ago, that being the idea of potentially bundling an XP compatible o/s with your VB6 application. In addition my more recent program also works on ReactOS: The program runs flawlessly, no errors at all. To punctuate how much of an advance it has received I'd like to point you to a thread called "Epic Win" on the ReactOS forum which shows my VB6 program running on ReactOS, a screenshot of which is shown below. However, saying that still should not detract from the phenomenal work that has gone into getting ReactOS into the advanced Alpha state that it is today. The main programs I use to develop with and for are still not yet functioning so some work to go before it becomes usable in any real form. However, I've been doing some testing on the recent dev (nightly build) versions with some of my most used utilities and the result has been positive with 85% of those tested working well or acceptably. I've been on about ReactOS for some years now and although I have been an advocate for the fledgling o/s it hasn't been really usable up to this point. ![]()
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