Administrators Leon Posted January 10, 2013 Administrators Share Posted January 10, 2013 For those who needs to run Windows XP Apps on Windows 8 this should help you along.1) Download WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe from Microsoft. You'll need to run the validation tool to prove your copy of Windows is valid.http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download ... px?id=80022) Then use 7-Zip or another archive tool to open the EXE file as an archive.3) Within that archive, find the "sources/xpm" file within it, and extract that folder to your hard drive.4) Finally, in the extracted xpm file, you'll find a file called VirtualXPVHD. Rename it with a VHD extension5) make a VM with XP setting and mount the vhd as the HHDSOURCE: http://lifehacker.com/5965889/how-to-ru ... -windows-8Notes:Offcourse, one could also just install hyper-v role and install a windows xp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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