What is your estimate for how long will Windows supporting 32bit apps

[Michael Hartlef]

Hi folks,

what is your estimate on how long Windows will support 32bit apps. Would you say for at least another 10-15 years?

I hope for this time frame and ccould imagine that it might be even much longer as many apps that big companies run will still be 32bit.

[Joe Caverly]

Hi folks,

what is your estimate on how long Windows will support 32bit apps. Would you say for at least another 10-15 years?


I'm running Windows 3.1 16-bit programs on my Windows 10 x64 system using otvdm (https://www.mendelson.org/otvdm.html).

I'm running 16-bit DOS programs on my Windows 10 x64 system using MSDOS Player (https://github.com/cracyc/msdos-player) and DOSBox-X (https://dosbox-x.com/).

As for x32 support,
I'm gonna say way beyond 10-15 years from now,
thanks to a future 3rd party who will provide a way to do so.

Then again, that's just my opinion.

Joe