windows 11

[mattstl82]

This sucks i use to play console games and now was starting to get into pc games. However most of the world war 2 strategy type games i wanted to get into wont play on windows 11. They only play on windows 10 or prior. some of the games are only 5 or 6 years old you would think they would make them playable on windows 11.

[N3tRunn3r]

If it runs on W10, it runs on W11 . . .

if yo have done a windows upgrade from 10 to 11, it is highly recommended you do a complete fresh and clean install, for correct drivers. such a upgrade corrupt files and drivers . . .

[Revelene]

Doubt.

If it runs on Windows 10, then it also runs on Windows 11. They are the same OS, just a different skin and a few new feature sets.

I play a bunch of Win95 games natively on Win11 all the time, so you most certainly can run some 5 year old strategy games on it.

If you are not trolling or trying to start a flame war, try a fresh installation of Win11.

[SHREDDER]

I have downloaded 11 and Rufus since April but i havent install it yes because i havent decided how to do it Install itnow with rufus? Or wait untiil the support of 10 ends and then change cpu ram and motherboard?

[Shaggin'Wagon]

Well since we're on page 2 and no one has told you how to resolve this I will. To solve games not running in Windows 10 you need to do 2 things. First download and run (right click and run as administrator) the most recent DirectX redist pack, here's a link to that on the microsoft website:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109

Then you need to enable "Legacy" gaming mode in Windows 11. To do that: Click the magnifying glass on the taskbar and type in "turn" (without quotes) -> click on "Turn windows features on or off" -> scroll down and check the [_] box for "Legacy Components" and make sure it's blue, check the [+] beside it and make sure DirectPlay is enabled. Also it should be enabled already but go to the top and make sure ".NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)" is enabled and blue as well. Then click the OK button and wait. Windows should download the necessary files through windows update.

It most likely will ask you to reboot after installing the DirectX redist -> Do it before installing Windows features. Windows features will most likely ask you to reboot again when you're done -> do that. It must be two separate reboots and not at the same time.

After you do this then this should let you play 98% of older games that refused to run before in Windows 11.

[Mabi]

you notice it when you install win 11 from 10 that it's just a restyle of win 10 with worsening in every menu area and submenu when searching for something, but trust me, it's just a ruined win 10.

[Mabi]

At worst, try to run something by setting in the properties, run for win 7

[Zefar]

Mabi a écrit :

you notice it when you install win 11 from 10 that it's just a restyle of win 10 with worsening in every menu area and submenu when searching for something, but trust me, it's just a ruined win 10.

Only the start menu is worse but I rarely need to go in there anymore. Everything else will feel exactly the same.
I was on Windows 10 for about 8 ish years or so.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Shaggin'Wagon a écrit :

Well since we're on page 2 and no one has told you how to resolve this I will. To solve games not running in Windows 10 you need to do 2 things. First download and run (right click and run as administrator) the most recent DirectX redist pack, here's a link to that on the microsoft website:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109

Then you need to enable "Legacy" gaming mode in Windows 11. To do that: Click the magnifying glass on the taskbar and type in "turn" (without quotes) -> click on "Turn windows features on or off" -> scroll down and check the [_] box for "Legacy Components" and make sure it's blue, check the [+] beside it and make sure DirectPlay is enabled. Also it should be enabled already but go to the top and make sure ".NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)" is enabled and blue as well. Then click the OK button and wait. Windows should download the necessary files through windows update.

It most likely will ask you to reboot after installing the DirectX redist -> Do it before installing Windows features. Windows features will most likely ask you to reboot again when you're done -> do that. It must be two separate reboots and not at the same time.

After you do this then this should let you play 98% of older games that refused to run before in Windows 11.

TBH Steam should be able handle some of those things already assuming OP click install drivers, if not then that may explain the problem, and for Legacy componets should be on by default, but yeah if it not on then turning it on should fix issues with some old games.

seeing OP haven't came back to reply at all for past week likely may not hear back at all, let alone we know what game they're having problem with.

[Shaggin'Wagon]

Dr.Shadowds 🐉 a écrit :

TBH Steam should be able handle some of those things already assuming OP click install drivers, if not then that may explain the problem, and for Legacy componets should be on by default, but yeah if it not on then turning it on should fix issues with some old games.

seeing OP haven't came back to reply at all for past week likely may not hear back at all, let alone we know what game they're having problem with.

Unfortunately the Legacy Components will never be on for any windows 10 or windows 11 system unless the user specifically turns it on. It's always off by default per Microsoft. It's required to get older games and older apps to install and run on either OS too. As I described it's not in an obvious location either and most people don't even know it's there as an option. This results in quite a lot of people claiming "THESE GAMES DON'T WORK ON WINDOWS 10!" (Same for 11). When typically they do, just have to turn on the setting. I even occasionally play some Windows 98 era and DirectX-5 games in Windows 11 and they all run fine.

And yes steam should cover running the older DirectX drivers but it doesn't always do a good job of it. It's best to advise people to go get it and run it anyway. It doesn't hurt to install it manually. Once it's installed somewhere some how (either manually or automatically) then when other games try to run their DirectX updates during install it will just detect it's already installed and skip it.

[The_Abortionator]

m662 a écrit :

Older games rarely not run on a new Windows version if we are talking 64bit software.
Have you messed with compatibility mode on the application yet?

Thats literally not true. Every new version of Windows loses more and more software that used to run. Literally just facts.

XP, Vista, 7, can all run CoD2/4/MW2, RB6 vegas, etc but if you try to play them on win10/11 you're in for crashing or straight up not running.

Please stop the "all software works on Windows forever and always" myth spreading, especially since they killed off the 16b subsystem COMPLETELY which means an entire platform is no longer supported.

[sadolino]

Windows 11 is normally Windows 10 (2004), all newer Windows 10 and Windows 11 - Versions, came from Windows 10 (2004)

[Shaggin'Wagon]

The_Abortionator a écrit :

m662 a écrit :

Older games rarely not run on a new Windows version if we are talking 64bit software.
Have you messed with compatibility mode on the application yet?

Thats literally not true. Every new version of Windows loses more and more software that used to run. Literally just facts.

XP, Vista, 7, can all run CoD2/4/MW2, RB6 vegas, etc but if you try to play them on win10/11 you're in for crashing or straight up not running.

Please stop the "all software works on Windows forever and always" myth spreading, especially since they killed off the 16b subsystem COMPLETELY which means an entire platform is no longer supported.

Speaking of "literally not true": https://steamcommunity.com/app/13540/discussions/0/3718314144372807859/#c3720566578383360719
Here is a direct link to a comment from the developer stating that RB6 Vegas works perfectly normally on windows 10.

I searched the steam forums for COD2 and confirmed that COD2 works in Windows 10 normally.

Here's the guide on how to get MW2 working in windows 10 along with user comments confirming it works successfully: https://www.reddit.com/r/mechwarrior/comments/5jec72/how_to_run_old_mechwarrior_games_on_windows_10_78/

Just because you don't know how to make a game work correctly in Windows 10 does not mean that it doesn't work at all in Windows 10.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

The_Abortionator a écrit :

m662 a écrit :

Older games rarely not run on a new Windows version if we are talking 64bit software.
Have you messed with compatibility mode on the application yet?

Thats literally not true. Every new version of Windows loses more and more software that used to run. Literally just facts.

XP, Vista, 7, can all run CoD2/4/MW2, RB6 vegas, etc but if you try to play them on win10/11 you're in for crashing or straight up not running.

Please stop the "all software works on Windows forever and always" myth spreading, especially since they killed off the 16b subsystem COMPLETELY which means an entire platform is no longer supported.

A lot of games do work on 10+, there certain games that may have problems, and most cases resolved by turning on/off a setting, edit game config file, or even community made workaround. The most known issues are related to old games running on DX8 or older, but some of them can be resolved with DXVK, dxgl, or etc...

Games DX9, and up rarely have any issues.