As I already had access to later versions of Windows in VMs, I used the technique described here to create floppy images.
I thought ImgBurn would do the trick for me, but I couldn’t create a readable floppy image with it.
The post here (circa 2004) includes all the software and patches required to get WfW working under VMware. It could also be streamlined a little better. However, it’s missing a key component, which is required to make WfW work on top of modern day processors. There’s a 2012 post here that covers the installation of WfW in VirtualBox in quite good detail. These should serve as signposts for those who also wish to embark on a similar journey on the road less travelled to a time when Windows was just an immature little child that often behaved badly! So detailed in this post are the steps I took to resurrect WfW in VirtualBox.
Plus the allure of bringing WfW back to life again in all of its former glory was just too great to pass by. However, WfW is where my love affair with Windows first began. I intended to stop the Windows virtual machine (VM) challenge at Windows 95 and wasn’t planning on going back as far as WfW.
Some familiarity with DOS is also assumed.Įdit (): According to this thread, the highest version of VirtualBox to still support WfW is VirtualBox 6.0.18. A working knowledge of VirtualBox is assumed.
The search option lets you search only text, while the "rows" option lets you specify the number of rows to be searched.This post will be of interest if you are considering revisiting MS-DOS 6.22, the last standalone version of Microsoft DOS, and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (WfW), the first commercial version of Windows to gain any real traction.įor this post, I’m working with VirtualBox 5.2.12 under Windows 10 Home (build 1803). You can even enter text into your column if you prefer. Another added option is the ability to set custom column widths by choosing "wide" and "tall" from the "row options" column. You can easily change the color scheme of your NirSoft window by selecting the "colors" menu item from the "add new window" dialog box. SearchMyFiles provides an improved version of the built-in Explorer functionality in the form of a column header. You can even drill down the search history and display all the details related to each document. You can switch between first and second columns easily by clicking on the "view" icon from the menu bar of your NirSoft window. The first column of the SearchMyFiles column gives information about the actual folder or sub-folders that has been modified, while the second column displays details about the modification date and time. NirSoft Windows XP has a powerful and advanced SearchMyFiles feature in the form of a column. This search facility from SearchMyFiles comes with some additional features, which are useful to any user. You can even search for documents in different locations on your hard drive. It searches in sub-folders as well as in the root directory of Windows. It also lets you search for specific files by their unique attributes, which again can be specified by keyword. It lets you easily search folders in your computer by unique attributes like last modified/created, last accessed/used, etc. SearchMyFiles is a superior alternative to the regular "Search for Files and Folders" function of Windows.