Post B6hr81Y2GfpF1D8gds by foone@digipres.club
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(DIR) Post #B6hoH1ct2x9C0N0bdA by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T00:41:04Z
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I know I'm trying to install windows 95 software on 64bit windows 11, but EVEN IN WINDOWS 95, THAT'S NOT WHERE FONTS GO
(DIR) Post #B6hp2vuzZWLsCaK0Bs by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T00:49:44Z
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so the installer hung here, but Print Shop Deluxe does work. Mostly. It can't find the libraries. I checked the INI, and here's why:Library Path=c:\progra~1\thepri~1\thepri~1\libsThat's the wrong path. It should be C:\Program Files\The Print Shop Deluxe III\Libswhich is:c:\progra~1\thepri~1\libs
(DIR) Post #B6hpDtPHFZ1jb8iHAG by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T00:51:48Z
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it also set:Library Path Alternate=e:\libswhich'd be great, except my (virtual) CD-ROM drive is at D:\, not E:\. How did they fuck this up?
(DIR) Post #B6hpx9JyvW4DzHofTs by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T00:59:54Z
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it doesn't work anyway, it's checking C:\libs for the files for some reason
(DIR) Post #B6hqEKKrEIZX4PPuCm by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T01:03:01Z
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I just put the libs over therethen it complained the fonts weren't installed (PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU PUT THEM IN SYSTEM32) so I installed themand yay it's working now!
(DIR) Post #B6hr81Y2GfpF1D8gds by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T01:13:06Z
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I've got the debugger out so I can try to figure out why it's doing this
(DIR) Post #B6hrw4AEobXPbyrzqy by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T01:21:58Z
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@gloriouscow I'm always doing that
(DIR) Post #B6hv4vk5nPXLxdYiVE by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T01:57:20Z
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@SteveSyfuhs oh the madness consumed me long, long ago.
(DIR) Post #B6hv7MdEnCm7w6VsHY by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T01:57:27Z
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no luck. ghidra time
(DIR) Post #B6hvfmB0KCB10ViSY4 by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T02:04:02Z
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hmm. I think there just may be some missing INI/registry entries, because I never finished the installer
(DIR) Post #B6hwGpwFIhnpOCU7aS by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T02:10:44Z
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oh god. the INI from my windows 11 install has TWO ENTRIESLook at what it looks like on Windows 3.1!
(DIR) Post #B6hwJTTBIO02ZY9E3M by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T02:11:14Z
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10$ says it's the "Application Directory" missing that's doing the pathfucking
(DIR) Post #B6hwZwc0iEirab8C48 by RueNahcMohr@infosec.exchange
2026-05-27T02:14:10Z
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@foone windows 11 entries:config1=DOOM.WADconfig2=B19B10B.reg
(DIR) Post #B6hxC4VhnMKJ5cMXRY by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T02:21:03Z
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I have no idea what this program is doing. give me back my 10$
(DIR) Post #B6hxHJrEA7eS8Tvobw by freya@social.highenergymagic.net
2026-05-27T02:21:49Z
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@foone ok *kisses you* there
(DIR) Post #B6hxhOD4bRKDACa51E by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T02:26:43Z
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@freya thanks, goddess, that'll definitely help
(DIR) Post #B6hyF5DJjhle5tlGvQ by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T02:32:49Z
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OH NO IT'S MFC, MY WEAKNESS
(DIR) Post #B6hyfp9PZ9nW5ugZ1c by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T02:37:42Z
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I'm giving up now. I figured out a way to make this work without fixing the program, so I don't have to do this, I was just doing it for fun.MFC is not fun, and I'm not getting paid enough to reverse an MFC program
(DIR) Post #B6hymC4RGPWQusOfc8 by SvenGeier@mathstodon.xyz
2026-05-27T02:38:47Z
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@fooneSomething something joke about "owning the libs"
(DIR) Post #B6hypchmh2xgOIR5NI by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T02:39:28Z
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well, giving up on reverse engineering it. I have a Devious Plan to maybe get it working.I'm running the installer again... and being patient!
(DIR) Post #B6i051TWys2fVnfxvU by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T02:53:22Z
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it FINALLY finished.installing the fonts took something like 15 minutes
(DIR) Post #B6i07fUbAWLGCbR8MK by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T02:53:31Z
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all the fonts were already installed, btw
(DIR) Post #B6i09vzylod3yTCAi0 by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T02:54:14Z
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I've also been installing XP in a VM as a backup plan
(DIR) Post #B6i0PYZvc6YNyHSY8O by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T02:56:33Z
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yeah fully installing it, it still doesn't work right. the paths are still fucked.I manually moved some files around to get it to mostly work
(DIR) Post #B6i0VmAlz1mns2euW0 by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T02:57:42Z
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It's the Easiest Windows Yet!
(DIR) Post #B6i0aZ18K3Y0W9QuDw by fwaggle@moodoo.org
2026-05-27T02:59:04Z
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@foone Ahh yes, "Model, FUCK, Controller", a popular programming paradigm.
(DIR) Post #B6i0ditS3lrY15LXSi by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2026-05-27T02:59:40Z
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@foone … and pray we do not easier it further
(DIR) Post #B6i2jOsNb2ETa0gD1U by yuubi@furry.engineer
2026-05-27T03:22:59Z
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@foone but it's not the Everything You Do Will Be More Fun windows, so,(i once saw that several times in a day at work getting it to play nice with the 60 MHz pentium. it was kinda right; everything else i did was more fun by comparison)
(DIR) Post #B6i3PQwkHyAGAClUdE by epithumia@mstdn.social
2026-05-27T03:25:07Z
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@foone This reminds me of some software that wouldn't work if you had the silly idea of mapping A: (or B: maybe) to something that's not a floppy.(B: is my Backup drive, it's a remote Samba share).
(DIR) Post #B6i3PSCNdKGU2z5Udk by epithumia@mstdn.social
2026-05-27T03:29:22Z
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@foone It might have been a time when I installed windows on not C: and then all sorts of things happen when a dev assumes you must have Windows in C:\
(DIR) Post #B6i3PSzeg7gEVo8qRc by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T03:30:36Z
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@epithumia oh yeah I did that as a kid, I had my windows on E: and OH WOW did that confuse a lot of software
(DIR) Post #B6i9Wm4kjG9DRkOTrs by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2026-05-27T04:38:43Z
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@foone Well, it could be worse. Your weakness could be cake.
(DIR) Post #B6i9aGssdkaXrlVYzQ by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-27T04:39:56Z
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@brouhaha I mean, I'm diabetic, so technically it is
(DIR) Post #B6i9fdHqm5pYnLkC0G by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2026-05-27T04:40:54Z
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@foone I'm not sure enough money even exists!
(DIR) Post #B6iAuLCeONbT0TtCCG by twipped@twipped.social
2026-05-27T04:54:41Z
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@foone and continues to be
(DIR) Post #B6iEggGvf2u476dGUq by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2026-05-27T05:37:02Z
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@foone Same.