Desktop apps ported to Windows RT

JAmerican said:

I got a Surface RT and I must say the best PDF app is the SumatraPDF provided here. All those metro apps are terrible! Even the default Reader provided by Microsoft. Thanks for compiling it for ARM!:good:

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bloodywolf18 said:

Hello everyone i am new to this website and i want to ask a few questions
Is there a place to request application for Surface [Windows RT]? if so can you please guide me?

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7-Zip. Utility for file archives and disk images has a dead link :/
Help me ,
Thanks in advanced.

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XDA-00 said:

Hello devs, pls port ccleaner latest version for ARM.

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nar001 said:

It's not open source, so it's impossible.

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TD68 said:

I have a copy of Jurassic Park Operation Genesis that I can upload to google drive. Could someone recompile it to run on RT? It was originally designed to run on a pentium 3, windows 98, with minimal graphics and ram.

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Qiangong2 said:

First, we need the source code to recompile it. Second, why don't you try running it on win86emu?

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GoodDayToDie said:

Apps which have been recompiled:

• Bochs. x86 Emulator. Known issue: no network support. http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1625048&d=1357575232
• TightVNC. VNC server and client. http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1624600&d=1357561475
• PuTTY Suite. SSH/Rsh/telnet client and helpers. Printing fixed in this build. http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1637160&d=1357948281
• 7-Zip. Utility for file archives and disk images. https://mega.co.nz/#!FhQV3SZA!MWayY1mV4b7Bvjs9nJNq_yiQxDEaJFQpnnA3ZNApq7g
• Notepad++. Powerful but simple text/code editor New update and Compare plugin. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2556112
• SciTE. Code editor (http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html). http://fearthecowboy.com/stuff/wscite.zip (Thanks to XDA-Devs member FearTheCowboy)
• IP Messenger. Peer-to-peer chat/file transfer (http://ipmsg.org/index.html.en). Binaries at http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1633711&d=1357842066, source at http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1633715&d=1357842310
• Unikey 3.6. Known issue: without RtfIO, the "Toolkit" and "Conversion on the fly" features won't work. Older 3.1 build posted below https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8557161/rt/unikeyNT3.62_arm.7z (Thanks minhtuan99bk)
• CrystalBoy. Nintendo Gameboy emulator. Known issue: uses GDI+ instead of DirectX, may reduce performance. Conflicting reports as to whether it works. http://sdrv.ms/11kcXXL Thanks to DXA-Developers member daveoggy.
• ClassicStartMenu. Provides a hierarchical Start menu on the desktop taskbar. Restart Explorer after you run it! http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1640579&d=1358061318 (Thanks Netham45).
• Quake 2. First-person shooter game. http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1640830&d=1358070370
• OpenTTD. Open-source clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe (transportation simulation game). Known issues and download link HERE: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36674868&postcount=151
• DOSBox. DOS on x86 emulator. Updated again with better performance. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36620852&postcount=117
• Node.JS.: JavaScript program/web server execution environment. Will be slower than usual due to lack of v8 JIT. More info: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36694633&postcount=1
• FAR Manager. 2-panel terminal-based File/Archive manager (think Total Commander, etc.). Updated with plugins. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36733772&postcount=1
• Miranda IM. Multi-protocol chat/IM client. http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1649674&d=1358334467
• Vim, GVim, etc. Code and text editor. Info and download links here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36930991
• SumatraPDF. Document reader (PDFs, possibly some other formats). Read and download here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2098594
• Audacity. Digital audio recording and editing. Info and downloads: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2103779
• VirtuaWin. Virtual desktop utility. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2110131
• Mini vMac. Emulator for very early Macintosh computers. http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1662947&d=1358737954
• Rainmeter. Desktop customization / skinning tool. Many but not all features work: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37018422&postcount=282
• OpenSSL. Crypto tool, can generate keys and certificates. May have some issues with large ECC keys. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2113595
• MiKteX. LaTeX compiler (typesetting tool). Script is interpreted instead of JITed but works fine. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2113634
• Greenshot. Advanced screenshot tool. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2114273
• Iperf. Network performance testing tool. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37346221#post37346221
• MongoDB. NoSQL database. Mongo shell doesn't work correctly locally, but the server works and other clients should as well. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37475852
• ScummVM. Game platform for many older games. Known issues: many disabled features and some crashes reported in this early build. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37583092&postcount=402
• ResidualVM. Platform for many old-ish 3D games. Known issues: many disabled features, most engines don't work yet. More info and download: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37632363&postcount=411
• Superputty. Enhanced version of PuTTY Suite with more features. http://sdrv.ms/151FWzT (Thanks to Erwan12)
• NZB-O-Matic. Newsgroup post downloader (NZB download tool). http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37886354&postcount=438
• WabbitEMU. Texas Instruments graphing calculator emulator and dev tools. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37928562&postcount=442
• Regshot. Registry shapshot/comparison tool. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37933687&postcount=1
• CorsixTH. Engine for the game Theme Hospital. Includes demo, easy to use full version if you have it: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38067653&postcount=466
• FreeRA. Command & Conquer Red Alert (RTS game) engine. Requires game data files. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38072727&postcount=468
• FreeSynd. Syndicate (game) engine. No cutscene sound, requires game files. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ca0n0atmfl74306/Freesynd.zip
• Pentagram. Ultima VIII (game) engine. Required game files. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38295828&postcount=518
• Free Download Manager. Standalone file downloader and bittorrent client. Has some known issues but works: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2170002
• PrBoom. DOOM game engine (can use the included shareware WAD file or other game files). http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2175449
• ChocolateDuke3D. Duke Nukem 3D game engine. Requires game files. Has a known sound bug with workaround. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38752618&postcount=561
• GemRG. Infinity game engine clone (used for games like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment). Runs pretty well although some of the newer games may stutter a little. Requires the game files from a standard install. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2177954
• Process Hacker. Advanced process inspection / control tool similar to Sysinternals Process Monitor. Updated to 2.33! http://xdaforums.com/windows-8-rt/rt-development/app-processhacker-2-33-t2865384
• FinalBurn Alpha. Arcade game emulator. Port is still considered "alpha" quality. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2187370
• SharpDevelop. C# IDE. Debugging is not yet supported and some setup work is required: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39276938&postcount=615
• MAME. Arcade machine emulator (requires ROMs). Not yet fully tested; performance issues reported with some games. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2237754
• WinDjVu. DjVu document viewer. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40931011&postcount=687
• MFPDemo. A desktop player for video files. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40997441&postcount=691
• Quake (original version) running in Direct3D (runs faster than the one that was listed here before). Instructions and downloads: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2312019
• ioQuake3 (Quake 3 Arena). Requires game files. Instructions and download: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42338198&postcount=1
• Coolplayer. Skinnable music player, now with FLAC support. Extra themes are available for download from the site. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2318000
• Synergy. Use one mouse and keyboard across PCs (including Linux & Mac). Now with 1.4.12 beta. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37609926
• Snes9x. Super Nintendo console emulator. Some features are disabled but games appear to work fine. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2339228
• FileZilla. Graphical file transfer program. No support for encrypted protocols in this build, only plain FTP. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2340616
• WinMerge. Diff(erencing) and merging tool. All features should work but this version is a little old; a newer one may come later. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2340560
• QuiteRSS. Stand-alone RSS feed reader with embedded browser. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2355277
• Single Player Game Transmitter client. Streams 3D apps with good quality and responsiveness. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2355051
• QupZilla. WebKit-based web browser. Uses interpreted JS. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2353048
• Lua. Scripting language, most commonly used for games. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43808775
• Halite. Nice BitTorrent client somewhat like uTorrent. Currently only includes English support. Magnet links may not work...? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2372058
• ffmpeg. Video player. May be very slow with some codecs. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2368706
• Fossil SCM. Distributed version control software (sort of like Git or Mercurial). http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2400099
• Subversion. New update 1.8.5 with OpenSSL 1.0.1e. Widely used version control software. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2494931
• AutoHotKey. Keyboard macros and powerful automation of Windows functions. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2408417
• Paint.NET. Image manipulation program. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2411497
• Alien vs. Predator Classic. First-person games based on the movies. Requires game files. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2414431
• MicroEMACS. Small, EMACS-like text/code editor. Thanks to @acrossland! Binary available at Download link. https://bitbucket.org/adamcrossland/microemacs-for-surfacert
• Nethack. The venerable and classic "roguelike" RPG. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2576998
• TeXStudio. IDE for LaTeX documents. Requires a compiler such as MiKteX (linked above). http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2493219
• pForth. Interpreter for the Forth programming language. Docs and samples available as well as binary: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51795065
• Python 2.7.3. Programming/scripting language and runtime. New: Experimental FFI should make much more code work. (Thanks @e13000!) Runtime: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50687352&postcount=921 LibFFI: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByNfJPIJQw6hRnlPMHM3b1FFUFU/edit?usp=sharing
  

Apps which run un-modified

• Keepass Portable. Password storage wallet. http://downloads.sourceforge.net/keepass/KeePass-2.20.1.zip
• Mouse Without Borders. Use one mouse across PCs (like Synergy). Install instructions here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36428923&postcount=258
• Transmission.Net Remote. Remote control of a Transmission BitTorrent service. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2101891
• ShareX. Screen capture/upload utility. https://mega.co.nz/#!VxYVDZAS!KyyL8gGvjrcZWjEIOp3j_WnZqDsSucB_b3YcS0f-TbE
• IceChat. IRC client. http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3221171&stc=1&d=1426912901
• IKVM. Java, implemented in .NET (can run many pure-Java apps). http://www.ikvm.net/
• Fiddler 4. Advanced HTTP proxy. To install, unpack the .EXE as an archive using 7-Zip. To run correctly, copy the file Microsoft.JScript.dll from \Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\ on a Win8 machine (older Windows versions may also work) to the Fiddler "install" (unpacked) directory. http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/version.asp
• Boxie. Multipurpose utility (image conversion, file management stuff, etc.). http://boxie.codeplex.com/ (Info: http://boxie.codeplex.com/documentation)
• DtPad. Text/code editor. You can use the installer; there will be a warning but it's reported to work after clickthrough. http://dtpad.codeplex.com/
• BoxWorld. Sokoban game. Extract the binaries from the installer using 7-Zip. http://boxworld.codeplex.com/
• AstroGrep. Regular expression file/text search tool (basically, Unix grep). http://sourceforge.net/projects/astrogrep/
• Notepad Enhanced. Simple text editor with tabbed interface. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37370164&postcount=374 for info.
• QuickSharp. C# IDE. Info at the same link as Notepad Enhanced, and also here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37385385&postcount=378
• Remote TrackPad Server. Allows controlling a PC using a Windows Phone as a server. Use the.NET 4.5 server build: http://www.luecho.com/trackpad/
• ImageGlass. Image viewing program. Runs fine but crashes on exit. https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass (Thanks igator)
• Be.HexEditor. Simple editor capable of opening any file, including binary, and editing in text or hexadecimal. Requires changing a config file. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39152904&postcount=611
• WindowsAppBoss. Simplifies managing sideloaded or provisioned (i.e. not-from-the-store) Metro apps. http://windowsappboss.codeplex.com/
• Perl 5.12.4. Popular scripting language, especially for working with strings. Official Microsoft-signed binary will run even without jailbreak: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2331691
• Greenshot. Advanced screenshot tool. Plugins may not work. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48682150&postcount=905

Native-ported libraries (mostly for developers/porters)

• LZMA (compression): DLL
• SDL (Simple Directmedia Layer). Used for a lot of game software, among other things. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36620852&postcount=117
• OpenSSL (cryptography toolkit). Used by a great many open source programs that do any crypto. May have some problems with elliptical curve crypto. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2113595
• Zlib (compression). Used by many open-source libraries that need to handle compressed data. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2113684
• libFLAC_static, libmad, libogg_static, libpng, libtheora_static, libvorbis_static, libvorbisfile_static (media codecs). Support popular audio and video compressed formats. https://www.dropbox.com/s/rhxn7pwygfh6pka/ARMlibs.zip
• Boost. Commonly used C++ library/framework. Please do not download unless you need it, as doing so will use considerable bandwidth from the host. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38313568&postcount=524
• wxWidgets. Common C++ library/framework for cross-platform graphical apps. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/39887/wxMSW-2.8.12-libs.7z
• MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes). C++ library/framework used by many older Windows programs. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40802296&postcount=59
• GlDirect (OpenGL-DirectX wrapper). Adds support for OpenGL code by wrapping Direct3D 9. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42271138&postcount=4
• QT 4.8.4 (C++ utility and graphics framework). Used by many cross-platform open-source programs. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2339014

Apps removed for known issues:

• MonoTorrent Client. BitTorrent client, both GUI and CLI. Currently experimental/alpha quality, many people have reported that they can't download anything. GUI, CLI, More info.

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TD68 said:

Where would I find win86emu?

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enderraven said:

Is it possible to get the windows 10 media creation tool to work since the surface rt will not boot from a flash drive etc. And the app store on 10 beats the one on 8.1.
Please put this in to consideration

-Ender Craig

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black_blob said:

The win86emu .msi works after the UMCI unlock, was just CodeIntegrity related stuff, but not a bug in RT 8.1.

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searle946 said:

This list of apps is brilliant, I see there is a mame and snes emulator, did the megadrive emulator ever work?

Cheers

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