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XP games don't work on Win7. Doubt they fixed it for Win10 or whatever the current version is.

That is very hit or miss. Out of the 1200 or so I own I have maybe 20 or so that do not run because the game did something weird with the APIs (or starforce).

I don't have nearly as large sample size, but all the games I used to play on XP work fine on W10. And I don't think I've used the compatibility mode, ever.

Actually yes, C&C Red Alert 2 was running slow, but the community came up with patches that make it play nice, including the multiplayer which now works better than it did back in 2000.

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