Some programs written for even older versions of Windows may work on Windows 10 without an issue. For other pieces of software, it may take some additional work to get it up and running.

vDos and DOXBox are free applications that lets you run old DOS Programs & DOS Games in Windows 11/10. This article shows how to use them in detail.

How to find and launch program and files Once PowerToys is running on your PC, and you've enabled PowerToys Run, you can use it to find and launch programs. Press Alt + Space.

The Windows Subsystem for Linux is bridging the divide between Windows and Linux by letting you run Windows 10 programs directly within a Linux shell.

If you're sick of seeing those UAC pop-ups, you can get rid of them by setting programs to run in administrator mode by default.

You're signed in as an administrator, so why does Windows keep running your programs as if you were a standard user? Here's how to force any program (with one major exception) to run using your ...

Using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), you can launch Linux applications directly in a Windows 10 command prompt or PowerShell prompt.

If you want to run the Ubuntu Linux desktop in Windows 10 for work, I recommend you do it via a virtual machine (VM) program such as Oracle's VirtualBox.