Officially, Python 3.9 to 3.11 are not supported on Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Here, you can obtain unofficial Windows installers that bring back support for these older Windows versions.
For each Python version, this repository includes the following.
- 64-bit executable installer (e.g. python-3.9.0-amd64-full.exe)
- 32-bit executable installer (e.g. python-3.9.0-full.exe)
- 64-bit embeddable zip file (e.g. python-3.9.0-embed-amd64.zip)
- 32-bit embeddable zip file (e.g. python-3.9.0-embed-win32.zip)
- 64-bit NuGet package (e.g. python.3.9.0.nupkg)
- 32-bit NuGet package (e.g. pythonx86.3.9.0.nupkg)
- Windows help file (e.g. python390.chm) (3.9 and 3.10 only)
For the more technical among you, these installers were built from the source distributions published at https://www.python.org/downloads/source/, with the following modifications.
- Include the file
api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dllin the distribution. This file was obtained from https://github.com/nalexandru/api-ms-win-core-path-HACK and is necessary for Python to run on older Windows versions. - Create full installers that include debugging symbols and debug binaries without needing to download them.
- Allow the installer to proceed on Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
- For Python 3.11 or higher, remove the usage of features that are not available on Windows 7.
- Fix a few bugs in the build scripts.
See Notes.md for more specific details about how I built these installers and how you may build them yourself.
In an effort to keep the size of this repository low, the Git history will not be kept. All updates will be made via force-pushes. If you fork this repository and wish to update your fork, see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9646167/clean-up-a-fork-and-restart-it-from-the-upstream.
These files are provided under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt.
I am Aohan Dang (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aohan-dang-536643a7/), a professional software developer and Python enthusiast.