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Windows 95
1995
The landmark 1995 release introducing the Start menu, taskbar and long filenames, fusing DOS and Windows into one product.
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Reference & documentation
External technical references for programming Windows 95 and for writing emulators.
| Resource | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft PE Format Specification ↗ | Format | Canonical PE/COFF executable format used by ReactOS |
| Peering Inside the PE (Matt Pietrek) ↗ | Format | Classic deep-dive tour of PE file internals |
| Ralf Brown's Interrupt List (master files) ↗ | Interrupt list | Author's canonical release downloads |
| Architecture of Windows 9x (Wikipedia) ↗ | Memory map | Kernel modules, VMM, protected-mode memory layout overview |
| Win32 API Programming Reference (Microsoft Learn) ↗ | Programming | Full Win32 API reference organized by header |
| Building VxDs in Windows 95 (Dr Dobb's) ↗ | Programming | VMM messages, IRQ virtualization, dynamic VxD internals |
| Windows 95 OSR2 ISO (Internet Archive) ↗ | ROMs | Original OSR2 install image plus product key |
| Windows API Index (Microsoft Learn) ↗ | Reference | Master index of all Windows API subsystems |
| The Truth About VMM32.VXD ↗ | Reference | How the monolithic VMM32.VXD kernel bundle works |
| vmdisp9x Display VxD Source (GitHub) ↗ | Source | Modern open-source Win9x display driver VxD code |