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Windows hooker - intercepts system calls to make Win32 programs run in a window, to enhance application compatibility, to enhance video modes, to stretch timing and emulate CD disk data and audio tracks. It is typically very useful to run old Windows games.

Derived from DxWnd source code, a simpler winmm.dll proxy that adds CD audio support by intercepting winmm commands and playing the ripped audio tracks placed in the Music folder. You can read DxWnd tutorial to learn how to make a homemade audio CD rip to feed this proxy.

Old DirectDraw games may pose color palette problems on modern Windows Systems. Fixing it can be done by running game in window mode (natively or with help of DxWnd program), but it breaks the immersion. Here comes Window Borders Manager - an utility which masks any desktop area with four black borders. It also allows for mouse cursor clipping, which helps with proper map scrolling in strategy games.