windows-nt character mode programs

I noticed someone in the Crossover mailing list wanting to find a DOS emulater that will allow him to run a program that keeps giving him an error message like "this is a windows-nt character mode program". He said it won't work in dosemu/freedos, but I think he tried it in a very old dosemu/freedos. Might that work in the current dosemu/freedos environment now?