The biggest threat to Windows is Steam

[BasilZero]

Pemalite said:

Even GOG games are affected. Aka. Alpha Centauri.

Windows updates tend to break old stuff moreso than new apps, so its not a surprise.

Hopefully a future patch will fix that, going by the source you provide in your first post, hopefully an update/hotfix will occur.

I had an issue with one of the apps I was using years ago, did a update on Windows 10 and it broke it, an update after that thankfully fixed it.

I guess the only thing you can do is either play the game on another computer or try using a Virtual Machine.