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Steve Hayes wrote:

> The 32-bit version of Windows can run 16-bit and 8-bit programs

16bit yes, but there's no such thing as an 8bit windows executable

> the 64-bit version cannot. But why can it not?

DOSbox, or 86box will run 16bit .EXEs under 64bit windows.