@FreedaBees you could try using it on an older computer (which is why I keep a few older laptops.
I find I am coming to believe Microsoft et al are actively targeting backwards compatibility, they can't sell you their latest (and supposedly greatest) if the older stuff works, especially if it works better.
Another option, with a kinda steep learning curve, is get a copy of 'Hiren's Boot CD' or whatever they call it now-a-days.
In addition to having a great number of windows compatible apps - It also allows you to boot to a bare bones OS, and it has a great number (>50) of VERY useful dos based utilities (including, but not limited to, data recovery apps, duplicate file finders, file/disk management apps, and a host of other older apps that do useful things)
It also provides an ability to boot to an actual Dos (not Command.exe) or a Linux environment.
But as I mentioned some of it's elements have a very steep learning curve - but many don't, and if you don't want to learn the more complex ones you don't have to.