GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime in kernel32.dll for QGIS 3.34.4-1 and 3.36.0-1

[apprenti-sorcier]

What is the bug or the crash?

I hate to have to create an account just to report a bug, but QGIS 3.34.4-1 and 3.36.0-1 don’t work out of the box compared to 3.34.3-1.
I also downloaded these 1.24 GB files that don’t work.
We’ve been used to having QGIS that works, but now it’s not.

Steps to reproduce the issue

Immediately after the installation of the files published on the 25ᵗʰ of February ended, I tried to run them. They all showed these error messages, then stopped.
I uninstalled and installed back 3.34.3-1 which used to work and still works.
Please resolve these bugs.

Versions

QGIS-OSGeo4W-3.34.4-1.msi
QGIS-OSGeo4W-3.36.0-1.msi

Supported QGIS version

• I'm running a supported QGIS version according to the roadmap.

New profile

• I tried with a new QGIS profile

Additional context

No response

[agiudiceandrea]

@apprenti-sorcier, please specify which Windows version are you using.

[apprenti-sorcier]

I use Windows 7 64 bits French Family edition.

[agiudiceandrea]

@apprenti-sorcier, thanks for reporting. The issue probably only occurs using Windows 7. Hopefully, the possibility that QGIS works on Windows 7 will be restored ASAP.
Ping @jef-n.

[jef-n]

downgrading libpq to 15.2 helps.

[rapi52]

downgrading libpq to 15.2 helps.

Thanks for the advice, libpq (and some other dlls coming together with) 15.6 also solve it!

[apprenti-sorcier]

v. 3.36.1-1 solved this bug. Thank you for the quick repair !

[apprenti-sorcier]

The joy didn’t last long… v. 3.36.2-1 is stricken with the same insurmountable problem.


Reverting to v. 3.36.1-1 solves the problem again.

[agiudiceandrea]

Hi @jef-n, it seems to me the issue may be in freexl-2.0.0-3, where freexl.dll imports CreateFile2 function (only available since Windows 8) from kernel32.dll, while freexl.dll in freexl-2.0.0-2 imports CreateFileW function, instead.

[jef-n]

Actually it's minizip-ng-devel. But python 3.12 also has issues on Windows 7.

[apprenti-sorcier]

Any update ?
In the mean time I tried other versions as they were released, but every time with no success.
It’s a shame to have to download them (wasted bandwidth) and install them, see the error, uninstall them and revert to 3.36.1-1.
QGIS-OSGeo4W-3.34.8-1.msi
QGIS-OSGeo4W-3.36.2-1.msi
QGIS-OSGeo4W-3.36.3-2.msi
QGIS-OSGeo4W-3.38.0-1.msi
Please either make it compatible with Windows 7 as it used to be or make it to not install at all on unsupported Windows versions.

[jef-n]

Any update ? In the mean time I tried other versions as they were released, but every time with no success

The website clearly stated that the installers don't work with Windows 7.