List of new software unlocked by Second System

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List of new software that Second System by @win32 allows to run.

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The list uses the following format: ProgramName version : Originally works on -> Second System unlocks it for

Current version - At the time of testing the aforementioned version was the latest, so newer ones are likely to work too.

Feel free to report other programs.

Internet:

Firefox Current version : Win10+ -> Vista+ (Including Tor Browser and forks)

Chromium Current version : Win10+ -> Vista+ (Including Google Chrome and other forks)

Gpg4Win 4.4.1 with Kleopatra 3.30 Current version : Win7+ -> Vista+

Windows Basic Tools:

Windows 7 Paint (Win7/VistaExK)+ -> Vista+

Windows 10 1507 Snipping Tool (Win7/VistaExK)+ -> Vista+ (https://msfn.org/board/topic/182001-porting-snipping-tool-to-windows-7-from-windows-10/?do=findComment&comment=1210733)

Multimedia:

Foobar2000 2.51.1 Current version : Win7+ -> Vista+

WACUP 1.99

MP3Tag 3.31a Current version : (Win7/VistaExK)+ -> Vista+

Office tools:

LibreOffice 25.2.5.2 : Win7+ -> Vista+

Administrative tools:

Sysinternals Process Explorer 17.06 Current version : Win7+ -> Vista+

Sysinternels TCPView 4.19 Current version : (Win7/VistaExK)+ -> Vista+

Developer Tools:

PowerShell 7.2.2 : (Win7/VistaExK)+ -> Vista+ (Win7/8.1 Compatibility required)

Gaming:

Steam Current version : Win10+ -> Win7+

Stellaris Current version (needs --force-opengl in the shortcut path)

Hollow Knight Silksong Current version : Win10+ -> Vista+ (With CFF explorer edit UnityPlayer.dll and replace all did12on11 function calls to d3d11.dll with D3D11CreateDevice function, launch the game, if you get black screen, ctrl-alt-delete and go back to the game and it should work)

 

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Edited 26 minutes ago by TSNH

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List of software that needs Second System disabled to run

To disable Second System right click on the program's exe and select Disable Second System

Feel free to report other programs.

Don't work at all

 

Windows Installer - there are issues running the service through Second System, which means that it is currently set to bypass Second System. Therefore, it is presently incapable of running modules that are incompatible with Windows 7, specifically the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge Enterprise MSI installers. - Tested by @win32

Notepad++ - disable Second System on Windows 7 due to DirectWrite incompatibility - Tested by @win32

Microsoft Office 2007 Excel and PowerPoint - Tested by @TSNH on Windows Vista and Windows Vista Oct.2022 x64 ExK

Need specific target OS compatibility

PowerShell 7 - Windows 7/8.1 compatibility required, otherwise tries to use some nonexistent features of a dummy.dll renamed to an api-ms-win-core file and crashes on launch - Tested by @TSNH on Windows Vista Oct.2022 x64 ExK

Pale Moon - Windows 7/8.1 compatibility required, otherwise wrong size Windows 10 close button animations instead of Aero Glass ones - Tested by @TSNH on Windows Vista Oct.2022 x64 ExK

Winmerge - Windows 7/8.1 compatibility required, otherwise ugly Windows 10 non-aero titlebar - Tested by @TSNH on Windows Vista Oct.2022 x64 ExK

There are some issues

Firefox - Window buttons also do not render properly by default; this can be corrected by selecting the titlebar to appear separately from the tab strip, or downloading and installing the Segoe Fluent Icons font here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/downloads/#fonts. - Tested by @win32

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by TSNH

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Incompatibilities with Vista Extended Kernel

Running both: Extended Kernel and Second System works mostly ok, but there are some incompatibilities so it may not be that good of an idea? In the following months I'm gonna be testing ExK + SeSy vs SeSy only and hopefully draw some conclusions

To disable Second System right click on the program's exe and select Disable Second System

Don't work at all

VLC Media Player - "application was not properly initialized" - Tested by @TSNH on Windows Vista Oct.2022 x64 ExK

There are some issues

Sysinternals Process Explorer 17.06 - On Vista ExK + SeSy sometimes launches sometimes not, same behavior as when ExK is used to provide compatibility)

Edited 1 hour ago by TSNH

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