windows 10 and old games

[Ron_1_]

Has anyone found a solution to not being able to play old games on windows 10 due to there not being some form of acknowledgement for the game to recognise the dvd. I am speaking specifically about Microsoft Links. The old 2003 golf game. Cheers, Ron

 

[matthoward85]

Ron,

I've been having the same issues and am about to install windows xp on a separate instance inside my new build so I can play old games. I think anything that is DirectX 7 or before, doesn't work or is unstable in Windows 10. Hope there is a better answer than that, but I haven't been able to find one to date.

mjh

 

[coreydwillis2]

You could try using VirtualBox to virtualize an older version of Windows. It should work okay for simple older games. I also found a Microsoft support article about running Links 2003 on Windows 7 so the fix might work on Windows 10 too.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-gaming/windows-7-and-ms-links-2003-golf-game/fee8e5e8-6546-4483-b25c-a408ca3c7cbb?auth=1