Will a Microsoft Surface Pro 11 with Snapdragon X-Elite chips run XYplorer coded in Visual Basic 6?

[klownboy]

I was curious since I'm interested in getting a Surface Pro, mostly for travel, so I asked Copilot the above question. I knew I would get this answer. I'm sure someone will arrive at a definite answer in a few weeks.

The new Surface Pro 11th Edition, powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite and Plus processors, is part of the first wave of Copilot+ PCs. These devices can run newer AI features in Windows, such as Recall and more Windows Studio Effects12. However, it’s important to note that XYplorer, which is coded in Visual Basic 6, may not be directly compatible with the ARM-based architecture of the Snapdragon processors.

Here are a few considerations:

Compatibility: Visual Basic 6 applications were primarily designed for x86 (Intel/AMD) architecture. While Windows on ARM (WoA) can emulate x86 applications, performance and compatibility may vary. Some applications may work seamlessly, while others may encounter issues.
Emulation Layer: Windows on ARM uses an emulation layer called WOW64 (Windows-on-Windows 64-bit) to run x86 applications. This layer translates x86 instructions to ARM64 instructions. However, this translation process can introduce overhead and affect performance.
Performance: The Snapdragon X Elite and Plus processors offer impressive performance, but they are still ARM-based. Emulated x86 applications may not perform as well as native ARM64 applications.
Testing Required: To determine whether XYplorer will run on the Surface Pro 11th Edition, you should test it directly on the device. Install XYplorer and check for any compatibility issues or performance bottlenecks.
Alternative Solutions:
Consider using native ARM64 applications whenever possible. If there’s an ARM64 version of XYplorer available, that would be ideal.
Explore alternative file managers that are natively compatible with ARM64 architecture.

Wait and see.

[jupe]

I have no intentions of asking ChatGPT, but since on this subject Don, I was wondering about a quasi-similar thing, I read vbscript is being removed from Win11 in the nearish future, will that have consequences to at least the regex engine?

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ ... -p/4148301

[admin]

Relax. Even if something is removed (which I think is very unlikely), there will always be a solution. I work with a language that has been dead for almost 30 years. I am completely relaxed when I see such a media frenzy.

[jupe]

I'm not stressed myself, I am planning on staying on Win10 for the foreseeable future, but I assume since phase 3 of deprecation is removing all vbscript dll's, and this info is from Microsoft not a media reporter based on rumors, that it would be something you may have to supply or bundle in the future, but I assume it only affects regex if at all.

[admin]

We'll see.

So you're not using the bug fix version of Win10 (Win11)? Is Win11 so bad? What is it especially, the looks, the AI, the privacy?

[jupe]

Well yes I don't like the looks, and the new AI stuff I'm not interested in, but mainly because I don't want to install it on my current non TPM pc even though I could, so I'm waiting until I get a new pc, but am not 100% what that is yet, probably a nuc, maybe a laptop.

[klownboy]

My older (12 years) 2nd desktop (i7-3770, 3rd generation) that I built and rarely use, isn't Windows 11 ready. I researched the motherboard a while back. It doesn't even have a TPM header on the board. Slightly newer boards at least have the header so you could install a TPM2 chip to make it capable of running Windows 11. As far as the looks, I have no problem with 11. It took all of 2 days to get used to that.

[kwanice]

i have the new surface pro and so far i can use xyplorer.
i have some bug sometimes for opening xyplorer (multiple instance in the taskmanager and need to kill xyplorer to be abme to open it) but except that no problem at all