It is so outdated, that you might not be able to use it to download a more recent IE version, or any third party browser. Part Three Add browser offline installer 3.1) The default browser in XP Mode is Internet Explorer version 6. Select View tab in Explorer, select File name extensions, right click the VHD file, select Rename, add. In File Explorer, browse to folder where you extracted the VHD. vhd extension to it to make Windows to recognize it as a virtual hard disk file. Open it in 7-Zip:Ģ.5) In 7-Zip, select file VirtualXPVHD, click Extract, select where you want to extract the file, click OK:Ģ.6) The extracted VirtualXPVHD file is the Windows XP virtual hard disk. Part Two Extract the VHD 2.1) Right click the downloaded WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe file, select Properties, unblock the file ( tutorial):Ģ.2) Open the Windows XP Mode EXE archive in 7-Zip:Ģ.3) In 7-Zip, browse to Sources folder of the archive, select file xpm, click Extract, select where you want to extract the file, click OK:Ģ.4) Browse to folder where you extracted the file xpm. The N version comes without Windows Media Features: Part One Download Windows XP Mode 1.1) Download Windows XP Mode package from Microsoft:ġ.2) Be sure to select the full version, highlighted in screenshot. Part One: Download Windows XP Mode Part Two: Extract the VHD Part Three: Add browser offline installer Part Four: Setup a Hyper-V VM Part Five: First Boot (OOBE) Windows XP Mode is only available in US English.Ĭontents Click links to jump to any part Without activation, you can use Windows XP Mode virtual machine for 30 days. If you have a valid XP product key, you can use it to activate the virtual machine. Notice that setting up Windows XP Mode virtual machine in Hyper-V, it will not be activated.

In this tutorial, I will show how to use Windows XP Mode virtual hard disk to create a virtual machine in Windows 10 using Hyper-V-Īn archiving application which can open EXE archives is required.

See the tutorial on our sister site Seven Forums: Windows XP Mode - Install and Setup - Windows 7 Help Forums Information Windows XP Mode is a free pre-installed virtual machine running on Virtual PC in Windows 7. How to: Hyper-V - Add Windows XP Mode Virtual Machine in Windows 10

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