Q107692 - "Backward Compatibility Hack Enabled" Warning

"Backward Compatibility Hack Enabled" Warning

Q107692

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1

SUMMARY

The debug version of Windows that comes with the Windows SDK version 3.1 produces the following warning message:

wn Kernel: Backward compatibility hack enabled: xxxxx

This warning message is related to the information in the [Compatibility] section in the WIN.INI file that the USER and GDI modules use for backward compatibility with Windows 3.0. That is, if your application is compiled for 3.1 only, it will not be affected by the [Compatibility] section, and therefore the above warning message will not be generated.

Suppose that a Windows-based application is compiled to be compatible with both Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1 by using the /30 switch on the Resource Compiler (that is, rc /30). Then, the above warning message will be generated only when the application's module name matches with one of the module names in the [Compatibility] section of the WIN.INI file.

To avoid this warning message, make sure that your application's name is different from the ones in the [Compatibility] section, or do not resource compile with the /30 switch.

Information regarding the purpose of the [Compatibility] section for a listed application in the WIN.INI file and the identity of the application is confidential to Microsoft.

Additional query words: ini 3.10

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