Windows 95/98 Programming

This guide covers programming issues specific to Windows 95/98. It provides release notes, conceptual information and a function reference. It is divided into the following sections:

• Release Notes discusses the features introduced in the system following the release of Windows 95.
• Windows 95/98 Architecture discusses the major components of the Windows 95/98 architecture.
• Windows 95/98 Limitations discusses major differences between Windows 95/98 and Windows NT/Windows 2000.
• Subsystem Version Numbers discusses how the system behavior differs for applications with different subsystem version numbers.
• Windows 95/98 Overviews contains overviews that discuss device I/O control, exclusive volume locking, the FAT32 file system, long filenames, MS-DOS extensions, the thunk compiler, virtual machine services, and the Windows 95/98 Service Control Manager.
• Windows 95/98 Reference contains complete reference information for the functions, structures, messages, and interfaces that are specific to Windows 95/98.