Thinking along the same lines. What's driving the need to do this is the 3rd party emulation system. Customer wants this system to fit into their new, super secure cloud system with network licenses, etc. Lots of requirements/desires that collide with each other. The good side of things is that the Windows side of the code is minimal - it just provides a framework for the parts that actually do all the work. Refactoring is exactly what is going on.
Charlie Gilley βThey who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.β BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.