I’ve created a console application using Visual C++ 2010. What is the earliest version of windows I can run the program on? I know that it can depend on what Windows API functions that you use in the program, so I only use the following functions in my program:
Everything else in the program is standard C++. I know that console applications should be able to run on very early versions of Windows, but I do not know how VC++ 2010’s compilation affects the minimum operating system requirement. So, would a console application compiled on Windows Vista with Visual C++ 2010 be able to run on, say, Windows 95, ect.?
According to Can I use Visual Studio 2010's C++ compiler with Visual Studio 2008's C++ Runtime Library?, VS C++ 2010 runtime depends on features from Windows XP SP2. So, unless you do some workarounds to avoid the C++ 2010 runtime, that is the oldest version you can target.