I had my go with Windows CPC and I have some results that may be interesting: I got some installers running. Inno Setup-based installers have required only "shfolder.dll" for now. Apart from that, the programs were successfully installed, but couldn't start: You can't launch many of them via the command line either (they don't do anything), so I had to become creative. "nxtshelllauncher" launches "nxtoobe.exe" in "nxtoobe", so I tried doing a symlink to the programs I wanted to start. I got them to (try to) open, but it's apparent how slimmed down this OS is. .NET Framework applications simply refuse to run, even after manually putting the assemblies, folders, and registry keys. I also tried installing .NET 4.8, but Setup closed when arriving at the splash screen: I also tried putting Windows PowerShell. It complained about ATL.dll and mscoree.dll being missing when using the symlink method, but it would not start as well even after putting them. I was only able to run .NET Core-based self-contained applications successfully, without symlinks: The .NET Core-based self-contained application in question, plus the symlink of "nxtoobe.exe" to RetroZilla failing to start Finally, I was able to bypass BitLocker drive encryption: This tool still exists in Windows CPC. You could, in theory, turn off drive encryption from here I hope that these findings have been interesting
Interesting alright. I keep getting a 1223 error whenever i try to run anything, any option around that? Also, curious if it's possible to install a regular iso on WinCPC and the Hub, or are they limited to these specific isos.