Tao ExDOS

{{Short description|MS-DOS emulator for Windows}}

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{{Infobox software

| name =

| developer = Tao Software Development Company

| programming language = C++, Assembler, Visual Basic

| latest release version = 10.0.480

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2020|11|05}}

| operating system = {{unbulleted list|Windows 10|Windows 8|Windows 7|Windows Vista|Windows XP|Windows 2000|Windows Server 2008|Windows Server 2003}}

| genre = Emulator

| license = Commercial EULA

| website = {{URL|http://www.taosdc.com}}

}}

Tao ExDOS is an MS-DOS emulator that runs on Windows. It supports running programs that are otherwise inaccessible since hardware for running a compatible disk operating system (DOS) is obsolete and generally unavailable today.

The emulator enables the DOS and running 16-bit Windows applications (that run under DOS) via a built-in Virtual 8086 mode of the x86 CPU on Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP/2000 and Windows Terminal Server 2003/2008.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0%2C2542%2Ct%3DExDOS%26i%3D58512%2C00.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2022-07-22 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203718/http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0%2C2542%2Ct%3DExDOS%26i%3D58512%2C00.asp/ |url-status=dead }} Support for 64-bit systems is available on Windows 7 via the Virtual XP Mode, which can be downloaded for free from Microsoft for Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise versions.

Printer support allows for printing to USB-connected printers, network printers, fax printers, PDF, Microsoft Word, HTML and image files.