__COMPAT_LAYER variable.

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__COMPAT_LAYER variable.

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29 Mar 2016 20:06
npocmaka

Looks like some applications use this variable to run in a specific compatibility mode.
More interesting it can be used to suppress the UAC pop-up

It can be set also as in the registry

May be this is worthy enough to update these pages?

https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-elevate.html
https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-variables.html

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#2 29 Mar 2016 20:43
DigitalSnow

Summary
* This will allow an Administrator capable user to run applications that request highestAvailable as a limited user.
* This also allows a limited user to try running applications without requesting for elevation. Though the application will probably error or crash since it needed Administrator privileges.

Example Requirements:
* A user who is a part of the Administrator group.
* An application with a manifest that requests the highestAvailable user group for default execution.

In an Administrator or non-Administrator command prompt, run

set __COMPAT_LAYER=RunAsInvoker
regedit

The application will run (using the user's native permissions (e.g. User group), meaning no UAC prompt) and allow you to browse the registry, but if you try to modify a protected area of the registry, it will fail.

In a non-Administrator command prompt, run

set __COMPAT_LAYER=
regedit

The UAC will now prompt before allowing the application to run.

https://superuser.com/questions/171917/ ... ges-or-uac

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#3 29 Mar 2016 21:17
npocmaka

You can set more than one values at the same time separated with space !
Besides compatibility modes described in the link here are some OS compatibilities :

VistaRTM
DetectorsWin8 // i have no idea what this is used for
VistaSP1
VistaSP2
Win7RTM
Win8RTM
WINXPSP3
Win95
Installer // Also I'm not completely sure what's this

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#4 29 Mar 2016 21:28
DigitalSnow

Familiar options to what are included in the Windows Application Compatibility Toolkit "ACT"?
Included on the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit "ADK" for Windows 10
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/window ... 13721.aspx

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#5 30 Mar 2016 00:53
Simon Sheppard

I have added some notes on this to the Elevation page and also briefly on REG and REGEDIT pages.

Amazingly the early compatibility options for Win95 etc still seem to work
try this

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set __COMPAT_LAYER=256Color
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\winword.exe"
and then look at how ugly the Office 2013 toolbars are in 256 colors!

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#6 30 Mar 2016 13:36
npocmaka
Simon Sheppard wrote:

I have added some notes on this to the Elevation page and also briefly on REG and REGEDIT pages.

Amazingly the early compatibility options for Win95 etc still seem to work
try this

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    set __COMPAT_LAYER=256Color
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\winword.exe"
and then look at how ugly the Office 2013 toolbars are in 256 colors!
I have a newer office version which seems does not read the __COMPAT_LAYER variable.
But media player does!
Looks like a fast way to change some monitor settings temporary through batch file. I hope I'll find at least one more installed by default utility that relies on __COMPAT_LAYER

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#7 30 Mar 2016 14:38
DigitalSnow

Here is a list of the Windows 10's Compatibility Mode options listed in the Application Compatibility Toolkit. Would expect many of these to work, but have to verify.
Each version of Windows and bit depth (64-bit vs 32-bit) can have different compatibility modes available.

Code: Select all

Compatibility available in Windows 10

32-bit Compatibility Modes (90)

16BitColor	
256Color	
640X480	
8And16BitAggregateBlts	
8And16BitDXMaxWinMode	
8And16BitGDIRedraw	
8And16BitTimedPriSync	
ApplicationMonitor	
AppRecorder	
Arm64Wow	
DetectorsVista	
DetectorsWin7	
DetectorsWin8	
DetectorsXP	
Disable8And16BitD3D	
Disable8And16BitModes	
DisableCicero	
DisableFadeAnimations	
DisableNXHideUI	
DisableNXShowUI	
DisableThemeMenus	
DisableThemes	
DisableUserCallbackException	
DW	
DWM8And16BitMitigation	
DXMaximizedWindowedMode	
ElevateCreateProcess	
EmulateSorting	
EmulateSortingServer2008	
EmulateSortingVista	
EmulateSortingWindows61	
EnableNXShowUI	
FaultTolerantHeap	
FDR	
FixDisplayChangeRefreshRate	
FontMigration	
ForceDxSetupSuccess	
HandleRegExpandSzRegistryKeys	
HighDpiAware	
IgnoreAdobeKMPrintDriverMessageBox	
IgnoreFreeLibrary	
Installer	
International	
iTunesAutoplay	
Layer_Force640x480x8	
Layer_ForceDirectDrawEmulation	
Layer_Win95VersionLie	
LoadLibraryRedirect	
MsiAuto	
NoDTToDITMouseBatch	
NT4SP5	
NullEnvironment	
ProfilesSetup	
RedirectCHHlocaletoCHT	
RunAsAdmin	
RunAsHighest	
RunAsHighest_GW	
RunAsInvoker	
VerifyVersionInfoLiteLayer	
VirtualizeDeleteFileLayer	
VistaRTM	
VistaRTM_GW	
VistaSetup	
VistaSP1	
VistaSP1VersionLie	
VistaSP2	
VistaSP2VersionLie	
Win2000	
Win2000Sp2	
Win2000Sp3	
Win7RTM	
Win7RTMVersionLie	
Win81RTMVersionLie	
Win8RTM	
Win8RTMVersionLie	
Win95	
Win98	
Windows8RC	
WinSrv03	
WinSrv03Sp1	
WinSrv08R2RTM	
WinSrv08SP1	
WinXP	
WinXPSp1	
WinXPSp2	
WinXPSp2_GW	
WinXPSP2VersionLie	
WinXPSp3	
WinXPSP3VersionLie	
WRPMitigation	

64-bit Compatibility Modes (36)

ApplicationMonitor	
DetectorsVista	
DetectorsWin7	
DetectorsWin8	
DisableUserCallbackException	
DW	
EmulateSortingServer2008	
EmulateSortingVista	
EmulateSortingWindows61	
FaultTolerantHeap	
FontMigration	
HighDpiAware	
IgnoreFreeLibrary	
Installer	
LoadLibraryRedirect	
MsiAuto	
NoDTToDITMouseBatch	
RunAsAdmin	
RunAsHighest	
RunAsInvoker	
VerifyVersionInfoLiteLayer	
VirtualizeDeleteFileLayer	
VistaRTM	
VistaSP1	
VistaSP1VersionLie	
VistaSP2	
VistaSP2VersionLie	
Win7RTM	
Win7RTMVersionLie	
Win81RTMVersionLie	
Win8RTM	
Win8RTMVersionLie	
Windows8RC	
WinSrv08R2RTM	
WinSrv08SP1	
WRPMitigation	

32-bit Compatibility Fixes (411)

Compatibility Fixes	
8And16BitTimedPriSync	
AccelGdipFlush	
AdditiveRunAsHighest	
AddProcessParametersFlags	
AddRestrictedSidInCoInitializeSecurity	
AddWritePermissionsToDeviceFiles	
AliasDXDC	
AllocDebugInfoForCritSections	
AllowDesktopSetProp	
AllowMaximizedWindowGamma	
AlwaysActiveMenus	
APILogger	
AspNetRegiis11	
BIOSRead	
BlockRunAsInteractiveUser	
ChangeAuthenticationLevel	
ChangeFolderPathToXPStyle	
ClearLastErrorStatusonIntializeCriticalSection	
CopyHKCUSettingsFromOtherUsers	
CorrectACMArgs	
CorrectACMStreamOpen	
CorrectActiveMoviePath	
CorrectBitmapHeader	
CorrectCreateBrushIndirectHatch	
CorrectCreateEventName	
CorrectCreateIcon	
CorrectCreateSurface	
CorrectDayName	
CorrectFarEastFont	
CorrectFilePathInSetDlgItemText	
CorrectFilePaths	
CorrectFilePathsUninstall	
CorrectInactiveBorder	
CorrectOpenFileExclusive	
CorrectShellExecuteHWND	
CorrectShortDateFormat	
CorrectSoundDeviceId	
CorrectVerInstallFile	
CreateDummyProcess	
CreateWindowConstrainSize	
CUASAppFix	
CustomNCRender	
DecorateConnectionString	
DelayAppDllMain	
DelayApplyFlag	
DelayDllInit	
DelayShowGroup	
DelayWin95VersionLie	
DelayWinMMCallback	
DeleteAndCopy	
DeleteFileToStopDriverAndDelete	
DeleteSpecifiedFiles	
DeprecatedServiceShim	
DeRandomizeExeName	
DirectPlayEnumOrder	
DirectXTrimTextureFormats	
DirectXVersionLie	
DisableAdvancedRPCrangeCheck	
DisableAdvanceRPCClientHardening	
DisableAnimation	
DisableBoostThread	
DisableExceptionChainValidation	
DisableFadeAnimations	
DisableFilterKeys	
DisableFocusTracking	
DisableKeyboardAutoInvocation	
DisableKeyboardCues	
DisableMaybeNULLSizeisConsistencycheck	
DisableNDRIIDConsistencyCheck	
DisableNewWMPAINTDispatchInOLE	
DisableNX	
DisableNXPageProtection	
DisableScreenSaver	
DisableStickyKeys	
DisableSWCursorOnMoveSize	
DisableThemeMenus	
DisableThemes	
DisableW2KOwnerDrawButtonStates	
DisableWindowArrangement	
DisableWindowsDefender	
DisallowCOMBindingNotifications	
DPIUnaware	
DuplicateHandleFix	
DXGICompat	
DXMaximizedWindowedMode	
DXPrimaryClipping	
DXPrimaryEmulation	
EarlyMouseDelegation	
ElevateCreateProcess	
EmptyClipboardtoSet	
EmulateBitmapStride	
EmulateCDFS	
EmulateClipboardDIBFormat	
EmulateCreateFileMapping	
EmulateCreateProcess	
EmulateCursor	
EmulateDeleteObject	
EmulateDirectDrawSync	
EmulateDrawText	
EmulateEnvironmentBlock	
EmulateFindHandles	
EmulateGetCommandLine	
EmulateGetDeviceCaps	
EmulateGetDiskFreeSpace	
EmulateGetProfileString	
EmulateGetStdHandle	
EmulateGetStringType	
EmulateGetUIEffects	
EmulateHeap	
EmulateIME	
EmulateJoystick	
EmulateLZHandles	
EmulateMissingEXE	
EmulateOldPathIsUNC	
EmulatePlaySound	
EmulatePrinter	
EmulateSHGetFileInfo	
EmulateSlowCPU	
EmulateSorting	
EmulateSortingServer2008	
EmulateSortingVista	
EmulateSortingWindows61	
EmulateTextColor	
EmulateToolHelp32	
EmulateUSER	
EmulateVerQueryValue	
EmulateWriteFile	
EnableAppConfig	
EnableDEP	
EnableLegacyExceptionHandlinginOLE	
EnableLegacyExceptionHandlingInRPC	
EnableLegacyLoadTypeLibForRelativePaths	
EnableLegacyNTFSFlagsForDocfileOpens	
EnableRestarts	
EnlargeGetObjectBufferSize	
EnterUninitializedCriticalSection	
ExtraAddRefDesktopFolder	
ExtractAssociatedIcon	
FailCloseProfileUserMapping	
FailGetStdHandle	
FailObsoleteShellAPIs	
FailOpenFile	
FailRemoveDirectory	
FakeLunaTheme	
FakeThemeMetrics	
FaultTolerantHeap	
FeedbackReport	
FileVersionInfoLie	
FilterNetworkResources	
FixDisplayChangeRefreshRate	
FixSectionProtection	
FixServiceStartupCircularDependency	
FixSubclassCallingConvention	
FlushFile	
FontMigration	
Force640x480	
Force640x480x16	
Force640x480x8	
Force8BitColor	
ForceAdminAccess	
ForceAnsiGetDisplayNameOf	
ForceAnsiWindowProc	
ForceAppendMenuSuccess	
ForceApplicationFocus	
ForceAVIWindow	
ForceCDStop	
ForceCoInitialize	
ForceDefaultSystemPaletteEntries	
ForceDirectDrawEmulation	
ForceDirectDrawWait	
ForceDisplayMode	
ForceDXSetupSuccess	
ForceInvalidateOnClose	
ForceInvalidateOnClose2	
ForceKeepFocus	
ForceKeyWOW6464Key	
ForceMessageBoxFocus	
ForceSeparateVDM	
ForceShellLinkResolveNoUI	
ForceSimpleWindow	
ForceTemporaryModeChange	
ForceWorkingDirectoryToEXEPath	
FUSBadApplicationType1	
FUSBadApplicationType2	
FUSBadApplicationType3	
FUSBadApplicationType4	
GenericInstaller	
GetDiskFreeSpace2GB	
GetDriveTypeWHook	
GetShortPathNameNT4	
GetTopWindowToShellWnd	
GetVolumeInformationLie	
GiveupForeground	
GlobalMemoryStatus2GB	
GlobalMemoryStatusLie	
GrabMatchingInformation	
HandleAPIExceptions	
HandleBadPtr	
HandleDBCSUserName	
HandleDBCSUserName2	
HandleEmptyAccessCheck	
HandleIELaunch	
HandleMarkedContentNotIndexed	
HandleRegExpandSzRegistryKeys	
HandleWvsprintfExceptions	
HardwareAudioMixer	
HeapClearAllocation	
HeapDelayLocalFree	
HeapForceGrowable	
HeapIgnoreMoveable	
HeapLookasideFree	
HeapPadAllocation	
HeapValidateFrees	
HideCursor	
HideDisplayModes	
HideTaskBar	
HighDpiAware	
IEUnHarden	
IgnoreAltTab	
IgnoreChromeSandbox	
IgnoreCoCreateInstance	
IgnoreCRTExit	
IgnoreDebugOutput	
IgnoreDirectoryJunction	
IgnoreException	
IgnoreFloatingPointRoundingControl	
IgnoreFontQuality	
IgnoreFreeConsole	
IgnoreFreeLibrary	
IgnoreHungAppPaint	
IgnoreLoadLibrary	
IgnoreMCISTOP	
IgnoreMessageBox	
IgnoreMSOXMLMF	
IgnoreNoModeChange	
IgnoreOemToChar	
IgnoreOleUninitialize	
IgnoreScheduler	
IgnoreSetROP2	
IgnoreSysColChanges	
IgnoreTAPIDisconnect	
IgnoreVBOverflow	
IgnoreWM_CHARRepeatCount	
IgnoreZeroMoveWindow	
InjectDll	
InstallComponent	
InstallFonts	
InstallShieldInstaller	
InternetSetFeatureEnabled	
KeepWindowOnMonitor	
LanguageNeutralGetFileVersionInfo	
LazyReleaseDC	
LimitFindFile	
LoadComctl32Version5	
LoadLibraryCWD	
LoadLibraryRedirectFlag	
LocalMappedObject	
LowerThreadPriority	
LUA_RegOpenKey_OnlyAsk_KeyRead	
MakeShortcutRunAs	
ManageLinks	
MapMemoryB0000	
MirrorDriverDrawCursor	
MirrorDriverWithComposition	
MoveIniToRegistry	
MoveToCopyFileShim	
MoveWinInitRenameToReg	
NoDTToDITMouseBatch	
NoGdiBatching	
NoGDIHWAcceleration	
NoGhost	
NoHardeningLoadResource	
NonElevatedIDriver	
NoPaddedBorder	
NoShadow	
NoSignatureCheck	
NoTimerCoalescing	
NoVirtualization	
NoVirtWndRects	
NullEnvironment	
NullHwndInMessageBox	
Ole32ValidatePointers	
OpenDirectoryAcl	
OpenGLEmfAware	
OverrideShellAppCompatFlags	
PaletteRestore	
PopulateDefaultHKCUSettings	
PreInitApplication	
PreInstallDriver	
PreventMouseInPointer	
PrinterIsolationAware	
ProcessPerfData	
ProfilesEnvStrings	
ProfilesGetFolderPath	
ProfilesRegQueryValueEx	
PromoteDAM	
PromotePointer	
PropagateProcessHistory	
ProtectedAdminCheck	
RecopyExeFromCD	
RedirectBDE	
RedirectCHHlocaletoCHT	
RedirectCRTTempFile	
RedirectDBCSTempPath	
RedirectDefaultAudioToCommunications	
RedirectEXE	
RedirectHKCUKeys	
RedirectMP3Codec	
RedirectShortCut	
RedirectWindowsDirToSystem32	
RegistryReflector	
RelaunchElevated	
RemoveBroadcastPostMessage	
RemoveDDEFlagFromShellExecuteEx	
RemoveInvalidW2KWindowStyles	
RemoveIpFromMsInfoCommandLine	
RemoveNoBufferingFlagFromCreateFile	
RemoveOverlappedFlagFromCreateFile	
RemoveReadOnlyAttribute	
ReorderWaveForCommunications	
RepairStringVersionResources	
RestoreSystemCursors	
RetryOpenSCManagerWithReadAccess	
RetryOpenServiceWithReadAccess	
RunAsAdmin	
RunAsHighest	
RunAsInvoker	
ScreenCaptureBinary	
SearchPathInAppPaths	
SessionShim	
SetEnvironmentVariable	
SetProtocolHandler	
SetupCommitFileQueueIgnoreWow	
ShellExecuteNoZone	
ShellExecuteXP	
ShimViaEAT	
ShowWindowIE	
Shrinker	
SingleProcAffinity	
SkipDLLRegister	
SpecificInstaller	
SpecificNonInstaller	
StackSwap	
StrictLLHook	
SyncSystemAndSystem32	
SystemMetricsLie	
TerminateExe	
TrimDisplayDeviceNames	
TrimVersionInfo	
UIPIEnableCustomMsgs	
UIPIEnableStandardMsgs	
UnMirrorImageList	
UseHighResolutionMouseWheel	
UseIntegratedGraphics	
UseLegacyMouseWheelRouting	
UseLowResolutionMouseWheel	
UserDisableForwarderPatch	
UseSlowMouseWheelScrolling	
UseWARPRendering	
VirtualizeDeleteFile	
VirtualizeDesktopPainting	
VirtualizeHKCRLite	
VirtualizeRegisterTypeLib	
VirtualRegistry	
VistaRTMVersionLie	
VistaSP1VersionLie	
VistaSP2VersionLie	
WaitAfterCreateProcess	
WaveOutIgnoreBadFormat	
WaveOutUsePreferredDevice	
WerDisableReportException	
Win2000SP1VersionLie	
Win2000SP2VersionLie	
Win2000SP3VersionLie	
Win2000VersionLie	
Win2k3RTMVersionLie	
Win2k3SP1VersionLie	
Win7RTMVersionLie	
Win81RTMVersionLie	
Win8RTMVersionLie	
Win95VersionLie	
Win98VersionLie	
WinExecRaceConditionFix	
WinG32SysToSys32	
WinNT4SP5VersionLie	
WinXPSP1VersionLie	
WinXPSP2VersionLie	
WinXPSP3VersionLie	
WinXPVersionLie	
WOWCF_NOWAITFORINPUTIDLE	
WOWCF_USER_DDENOSYNC	
WOWCF2_DELAYTIMEGETTIME	
WOWCF2_FIXLUNATRAYRECT	
WOWCF2_HACKPROFILECALL	
WOWCF2_HACKWINFLAGS	
WOWCF2_SETFOREGROUND	
WOWCF2_SYNCSYSFILE	
WOWCF2_USEMINIMALENVIRONMENT	
WOWCFEX_DISPMODE256	
WOWCFEX_DIVIDEOVERFLOWPATCH	
WOWCFEX_EATDEVMODEMSG	
WOWCFEX_FORCEINCDPMI	
WOWCFEX_PLATFORMVERSIONLIE	
WOWCFEX_USEWINHELP32	
WOWCFEX_WIN31VERSIONLIE	
WOWCFEX_ZEROINITMEMORY	
WRPDllRegister	
WRPMitigation	
WRPRegDeleteKey	
XPAfxIsValidAddress	
XPFileDialog	

64-bit Compatibility Fixes (134)

8And16BitTimedPriSync	
AccelGdipFlush	
AdditiveRunAsHighest	
AddProcessParametersFlags	
AddRestrictedSidInCoInitializeSecurity	
AllocDebugInfoForCritSections	
AllowMaximizedWindowGamma	
AlwaysActiveMenus	
CopyHKCUSettingsFromOtherUsers	
CorrectFilePaths	
CorrectShellExecuteHWND	
CreateDummyProcess	
CreateWindowConstrainSize	
DeleteFileToStopDriverAndDelete	
DeprecatedServiceShim	
DisableAdvancedRPCrangeCheck	
DisableAdvanceRPCClientHardening	
DisableAnimation	
DisableExceptionChainValidation	
DisableFocusTracking	
DisableKeyboardAutoInvocation	
DisableKeyboardCues	
DisableMaybeNULLSizeisConsistencycheck	
DisableNDRIIDConsistencyCheck	
DisableNewWMPAINTDispatchInOLE	
DisableSWCursorOnMoveSize	
DisableWindowArrangement	
DisableWindowsDefender	
DisallowCOMBindingNotifications	
DPIUnaware	
DXGICompat	
EarlyMouseDelegation	
EmulateCursor	
EmulateSortingServer2008	
EmulateSortingVista	
EmulateSortingWindows61	
EnableAppConfig	
EnableDEP	
EnableLegacyExceptionHandlinginOLE	
EnableLegacyExceptionHandlingInRPC	
EnableLegacyLoadTypeLibForRelativePaths	
EnableLegacyNTFSFlagsForDocfileOpens	
FaultTolerantHeap	
FileVersionInfoLie	
FontMigration	
ForceKeyWOW6464Key	
GenericInstaller	
GetDiskFreeSpace2GB	
GetShortPathNameNT4	
GetTopWindowToShellWnd	
GiveupForeground	
HandleIELaunch	
HardwareAudioMixer	
HighDpiAware	
IgnoreFreeConsole	
IgnoreFreeLibrary	
InstallComponent	
InstallFonts	
LoadLibraryRedirectFlag	
MakeShortcutRunAs	
MirrorDriverDrawCursor	
NoDTToDITMouseBatch	
NoGdiBatching	
NoGDIHWAcceleration	
NoGhost	
NoPaddedBorder	
NoShadow	
NoSignatureCheck	
NoTimerCoalescing	
NoVirtualization	
NoVirtWndRects	
Ole32ValidatePointers	
OpenGLEmfAware	
OverrideShellAppCompatFlags	
PreventMouseInPointer	
PrinterIsolationAware	
PromoteDAM	
PromotePointer	
RedirectDefaultAudioToCommunications	
RedirectHKCUKeys	
RedirectShortCut	
RegistryReflector	
RelaunchElevated	
ReorderWaveForCommunications	
RunAsAdmin	
RunAsHighest	
RunAsInvoker	
ScreenCaptureBinary	
SetEnvironmentVariable	
SetProtocolHandler	
SpecificInstaller	
SpecificNonInstaller	
StrictLLHook	
SystemMetricsLie	
TerminateExe	
UseHighResolutionMouseWheel	
UseIntegratedGraphics	
UseLegacyMouseWheelRouting	
UseLowResolutionMouseWheel	
UserDisableForwarderPatch	
UseSlowMouseWheelScrolling	
UseWARPRendering	
VirtualizeHKCRLite	
VirtualRegistry	
VistaRTMVersionLie	
VistaSP1VersionLie	
VistaSP2VersionLie	
Win2000SP1VersionLie	
Win2000SP2VersionLie	
Win2000SP3VersionLie	
Win2000VersionLie	
Win2k3SP1VersionLie	
Win7RTMVersionLie	
Win81RTMVersionLie	
Win8RTMVersionLie	
WOWCF_NOWAITFORINPUTIDLE	
WOWCF_USER_DDENOSYNC	
WOWCF2_DELAYTIMEGETTIME	
WOWCF2_FIXLUNATRAYRECT	
WOWCF2_HACKPROFILECALL	
WOWCF2_HACKWINFLAGS	
WOWCF2_SETFOREGROUND	
WOWCF2_SYNCSYSFILE	
WOWCF2_USEMINIMALENVIRONMENT	
WOWCFEX_DISPMODE256	
WOWCFEX_DIVIDEOVERFLOWPATCH	
WOWCFEX_EATDEVMODEMSG	
WOWCFEX_FORCEINCDPMI	
WOWCFEX_PLATFORMVERSIONLIE	
WOWCFEX_USEWINHELP32	
WOWCFEX_WIN31VERSIONLIE	
WOWCFEX_ZEROINITMEMORY	
WRPMitigation	
WRPRegDeleteKey	
Note that modes are made up from a list of fixes. Some only use one fix while others like the VistaRTM use many fixes.

Edit: Added text lists rather than images

Last edited by DigitalSnow (30 Mar 2016 15:47)

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#8 30 Mar 2016 15:19
npocmaka
DigitalSnow wrote:

Here are all the Windows 10's Compatibility Mode options listed in the Application Compatibility Toolkit. Would expect many of these to work, but have to verify.
Each version of Windows can have different compatibility modes available.

Cool.Where did you get these from?

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#9 30 Mar 2016 15:24
DigitalSnow
npocmaka wrote:
DigitalSnow wrote:

Here are all the Windows 10's Compatibility Mode options listed in the Application Compatibility Toolkit. Would expect many of these to work, but have to verify.
Each version of Windows can have different compatibility modes available.
Cool.Where did you get these from?
From the Compatibility Administrator tool, part of the Application Compatibility Toolkit (provided by Microsoft).

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#10 14 Mar 2018 14:32
RaceQ

Compatibility modes tab cannot be set for cmd.exe but there are some settings in boot.ini I assume change this.

On Win XP SP2 when I start an ordinary cmd.exe there is no __COMPAT_LAYER variable set
On Win XP SP3 when I start an ordinary cmd.exe

__COMPAT_LAYER=EnableNXShowUI

so does that mean this was the first version that used it? And is that default value?
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