How to port Vista games to XP?

[3991vhtes]

I want to play the Vista Chess, InkBall, and Purble Place on my Windows XP system.

Is there any way to do this? (I want the VISTA version, not one that can be bought at the store)

Thanks in advance!

 

[nessus]

No. XP doesn't have the Windows Presentation Framework.

 

[3991vhtes]

Damn.

I guess I'll have to whip out the spare hard drive, and put Vista on it to play those

 

[osalcido]

No. XP doesn't have the Windows Presentation Framework.

uh, it can be downloaded from Microsoft

 

[PlzFixMyComputer]

uh, it can be downloaded from Microsoft

Yes, WPF is absolutely installable on XP.

 

[Monkey34]

It's well known that you can install the Vista games (minus chess) onto XP. This initially came out when Vista was in infancy. All you need is a certain .dll put in the system32 folder - as per: http://ithotnews.com/2006/09/28/windows-vista-games-for-windows-xp.itn

You can Google it and see it on a ton of sites. I won't hold any responsibility if you screw something up though........in other words, don't shoot the messenger.

I don't remember if this was how I did it way-back-when, but it worked when I tried it.