Make Compatible - Additional Flags

Additional Flags

Windows 3.1 defined 20 application compatibility flags. Windows 95 and 98 defined a further 11 flags, not documented in the KnowledgeBase article and not assigned symbolic constant names in windows.h, which are the remainder of the options accessible via the "Advanced Options" menu in Make Compatible:

Disable 16 color brush cache and 55ms timer

This is bit #29 of the compatibility bits word, with hexadecimal value 0x20000000.

Disable EMF spooling

This is bit #26 of the compatibility bits word, with hexadecimal value 0x4000000.

Disable font associations

This is bit #24 of the compatibility bits word, with hexadecimal value 0x1000000.

Don't attach input thread when journaling, SetActiveWindow == SetForeGroundWindow

This is bit #28 of the compatibility bits word, with hexadecimal value 0x10000000.

Don't Shutdown/Ignore certain faults/dequote commandline

This is bit #25 of the compatibility bits word, with hexadecimal value 0x2000000.

Enable 3.x UI features

This is bit #27 of the compatibility bits word, with hexadecimal value 0x8000000.

Force Win31 printer dev mode size

This is bit #23 of the compatibility bits word, with hexadecimal value 0x800000.

Increase stack size

This is bit #22 of the compatibility bits word, with hexadecimal value 0x400000.

Lie about device caps/no SetDIBits validation

This is bit #20 of the compatibility bits word, with hexadecimal value 0x100000.

Lie about windows version

This is bit #21 of the compatibility bits word, with hexadecimal value 0x200000.

Mirror fonts in win.ini

This is bit #30 of the compatibility bits word, with hexadecimal value 0x40000000.