Do you have these 3 files (fidomsg.wcx, pxsrv.dll, pxnl.dll) in your
WC5 root folder on BOTH PC's (W10 & XP-VM)? also do you have px.ini in WC5/PXDATA directory on both systems?

All of that was there, and it didn't work, so I lookd at px.ini and it
had drive designator so I removed the d: and left the rest of path
intact and that did it.

Without you cluing me in on the px.ini file I would probably not have discovered that for a long time if ever.

So I did get it working
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