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copied!<p>Assuming you are only talking about the minimum supported 32bit desktop editions of Windows, and customer support from Microsoft.</p> <ul> <li>VC11 (y 2012): Windows Vista (y 2007)</li> <li>VC10 (y2010): Windows XP SP3 (y 2008/2001) </li> <li>Windows SDK 6.1: Windows XP (y 2001)</li> <li>VS2008 (y 2007): Windows 2000 SP4 (y 2003). The latest security update dropped Windows 2000 support.</li> <li>Windows SDK Update for Windows Vista: Windows 2000 (y 2000)</li> <li>VS2005 (y 2005): Windows 98 (y 1998), Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Windows XP, Windows NT 3 (y 1993). SP1 dropped 9x support. The latest security update dropped Windows 2000 support. </li> <li>VC6 (y 1998): Windows 95 (y 1995), Windows NT ?? <ul> <li>Compiler can be upgraded via Visual C++ Toolkit 2003</li> <li>Platform SDK can be upgraded, up to the Feb 2003 version of Windows 2003 SDK. </li> </ul></li> </ul> <p>Support for 64bit OS varies but a good indicator is whether the target OS is still supported at the time of release. The first stable version of SDK with 64bit support is VC2005.</p> <p>Hacks (may cause more problem down the road)</p> <ul> <li>Patch the executable <ul> <li>Visual C++ compiler: There is a /SUBSYSTEM and a /OSVERSION switch whose default value change over time but you can easily modify the value via the compiler switch or using a hex editor if you know the PE format. </li> <li><a href="http://ma.wishmesh.com/2009/09/run-exe-dll-compiled-with-microsoft-visual-c-2005-under-windows-95/" rel="nofollow">Modify the executable</a> to remove new API calls if you are confident that the code that calls the new API won't be touched in your program.</li> </ul></li> <li>CRT/MFC/ATL <ul> <li><a href="http://www.siao2.com/2005/10/07/478235.aspx" rel="nofollow">Make a private build</a> using <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee258870.aspx" rel="nofollow">different build options</a>, or recompile old versions if you have the source code and cannot remove new API calls from a new version.</li> <li>Fool the linker to link against your own implementation of framework functions. This is <a href="http://tedwvc.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/static-mfc-code-bloat-problem-from-vc2010-is-now-in-vc2008-sp1security-fix/" rel="nofollow">used to reduce the size of MFC apps</a>, but this can also drop dependencies like GDI+ during the process.</li> </ul></li> </ul>

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