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if you use github/gitlab only, github-wc-polyfill is faster as it doesn't calculate script hash everytime. latest version is here: https://github.com/JustOff/github-wc-polyfill/issues/68#issuecomment-1250325691

Introducing StartAllBack: an app to fix all Windows 11 UI issues! Restore taskbar functionality - Drag and drop, different icon sizes, different screen sides, widgets, new icons, old flyouts, oh my! Restore context menus - Win32 menus were never this sexy! Fix Windows Explorer - Ribbon UI and Command Bar made sexy and not slow; search box that works Top notch styling - Recolor everything: all UI elements in all apps don't have to be blue! - Fix broken Win32 styling in Win11 RTM version - Improved dark mode styling with Explorer And start menu: yes! - Windows 7 style all-signing, all-dancing yet again, refreshed with new look and functions It could be the last year you can enjoy Windows not crippled, so do it! https://www.startallback.com

There is no problem using other languages than English in personal messages here as far as I know. If conversing in German is more comfortable, use that system.

Thanks for MSDN .NET 2.0 link and now imagine here is one super awesome project that allows you to have compatibility layer alias polyfill that will make your .NET 4.X project run on .NET 2.0: https://github.com/theraot/Theraot ....that means you can use modern .NET features and backport any .NET app to Windows 98 SE. That is what I'm currently doing with vJoy kernel driver and FreePIE (glove pie alternative) programmable input emulator. It shows how minimal effort can make everything possible and that the original company (MS) could show a little bit more love and do this officially, very minimal effort and a no brainer for smart people. I am currently writing article for OpenSource.com and I want to mention stuff like in this thread. I want to write about problems in current opensource that I did not encounter as a student 20 years ago, when commercial companies did not do opensource. A lot of projects did work on Windows XP and maintainer just delete some files and rewrite project files, so you need latest Visual Studio version, even you should not have to. This lack of true opensource habits and a lack of some basic craftmanship codex might root inside their daily commercial job, where companies claim to do opensource only to have free bug fixes from community. But it is not community driven effort and it focus on requirements of one author, not requirements of community. At least there are servers as MSFN.org, FreeDOS mailing list and Vogons. Where people are open and want to help. Thank you for that!

May I ask you how much is what you consider a "honorable sum of money"? Since it would be not elegant to express this in dollars/euros, what about "buying power" comparison? I.e. can the total cost of using that software on three machines for a few years be compared to: 1. a coffee at Starbucks 2. a full lunch at McDonalds 3. a dinner for two at your local Pizza Hut or Domino's jaclaz