WACUP
General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Aminifu on July 19, 2025, 12:06:28 PM
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Hi dro,
From looking in my start menu, I see there are now 2 ways to launch WACUP. A WACUP (Winamp Compatibility Mode) (32 bit) process and a WACUP (32 bit) process. What is the difference between them? They both appear to look and work the same way on the surface.
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It just determines the default icon / process filename that's used for the x86 loader (wacup.exe vs winamp.exe) & have been around for far too many years since some still want to have their wacup install appear more like winamp. The wacup core is loaded the same irrespective of what loader exe is used as is the ability to override the running process icon via the preferences.
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Ok, so there is no real difference. I have been launching WACUP from a wacup.exe shortcut pinned to my task bar for years.
The recent talk about interactive buttons on the OS toaster and start menu entries caused me to look in my start menu. I guess the entry for the other mode (which launches the winamp.exe file in the WACUP folder) has been there all along.
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It's got compatibility in the name because that's what I view that exe as being there to help with so the likes of reasonable behaving plug-in installers can work when they find a winamp.exe in the program folder.