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Microsoft Windows 3.0, 3.10 and 3.11 (including for Workgroups). Use [windows] instead for Windows NT 3.x.

Microsoft Windows 3.0 was introduced in 1990. It was followed by 3.1 (released 1992) and 3.11 (1993), both also appearing as ‘Windows for Workgroups’ editions. In the Chinese market, version 3.2 was released as well.

It provided a GUI front-end to DOS, as well as support for features (such as memory-protected drivers) not available in DOS.

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Win16 framework using GetProp / SetProp to bind class to window?

I'm disassembling a 16-bit Windows program from the 1994-95 timeframe. The runtime library used seems to be from Microsoft C, so I'm guessing the program was compiled with Microsoft C++ 7.0 or Visual C++ 1.0. It looks to me as if the program was…
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How do I get Windows 3.1 to run on modern PCs (> 512 MB of memory)?

I am trying to make a bootable SD card that has Windows 3.1 loaded onto it. I only have 2 computers with 1 and 8 GB of RAM. When I load Windows from C:\WINDOWS\WIN on my older 1 GB RAM computer (a netbook from 2008, the HP Mini 110-1030NR to be…
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Why does my Windows 3.10 only have chimes.wav, chord.wav and ding.wav, but no "Tada.wav"?

After successfully installing Windows "3.10" in DOSBox-X, and finally getting the sound to work, I was confused to say the least to see that only these sound files exist on my installation: chimes.wav chord.wav ding.wav I wanted to hear the classic…
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What determined the type of error dialog being shown in Windows 3.1?

In Windows 3.X we had multiple type of error dialogs that could be displayed: Application crash: Application error that could be recovered: What did the Ignore button do in Windows 3.1 when an application encountered a general protection…
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Connecting Windows 3.1 to the Internet

I have a modern laptop running Windows 3.1 (with FreeDOS on the hard drive) which I want to connect to the Internet and use Internet Explorer 3, which I heard works with Windows 3.1. I want to connect using Ethernet, but I’m worried it won’t work…
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