UPDATED: "Native" MSCC on 64-bit Windows

[andyrkki]

37 minutes ago, Flareon350 said:

Everything really, there isn't really a "first step" that's explained anywhere aside from downloading the file itself. I'm not much of an expert with this sort of stuff if it's not obvious so just some guidance would be appreciated.

1. Download the binary from that post (the link is at the bottom). Make sure you don't accidentally get the source code instead somehow.
   
   
2. Unpack the archive into a folder of your choice. There is no installer, so this is where it will run from. Copy-and-paste this exact path.
   
   
3. Open the file "install.reg" with a text editor (right-click -> Edit usually works) and replace the two obvious spots with the path you just copied. The only tricky part is that all backslashes in the path have to be doubled (just like in the examples you're overwriting), or it won't work.
   
   
4. Open "install.reg" normally. Make sure it tells you the data actually got imported into the registry.
   
   

From now on, 16-bit programs such as CHIPS.EXE should "just work", assuming you already have all the files they originally came with. (You'll notice a command prompt opening in the background - this is normal. You can minimize it, but if you close it the 16-bit program will close too.) Enjoy MSCC!