257.2 WILL NOT Install

[PreachJohn]

Help! 257.2 WILL NOT install on my Computer. The DLL No Entry Point Notice comes up each time.
I have had to reinstall 257.0 and to uncheck Automatic Update.
My fix works for now, but for how long?

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Caprine 2.57.0
Electron 21.2.3
win32 6.1.7601
Locale: en-US

[dusansimic]

Please supply all error messages here. The issue can't be investigated without them.

[Alex313031]

@dusansimic @PreachJohn This is because you updated electron to 24, which is based on chromium 112. Chromium and all derivatives ended support for Windows 7/8/8.1 with Chromium M110. 109 is the last to support these platforms, and hence electron 22 (based on Chromium 108) is the last version for these platforms > https://www.electronjs.org/blog/windows-7-to-8-1-deprecation-notice. I ironically just came here to file an issue about this because I use windows 7 on some of my machines.

You should either, 1. downgrade electron to 22, since it is still getting updates until october of this year and there is no code-level need to be on 24, and it is still newer than 21 (the last version ya'll were using), or 2. Add something in the code to check for the NT version on win and disable updates past 2.57.1 if it finds a version below 10.0.1503.

On another related note, I make a chromium fork called thorium > https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium and I also make maintained builds based on 109 here > https://thorium.rocks/win7 @PreachJohn You may want to use this and/or other software listed on that site I made.

[Alex313031]

@PreachJohn @ErebosGR If they dont want to downgrade electron, I have a fork here > https://github.com/Alex313031/caprine-ng I can keep it on electron 22 for us users on win7/8/8.1 or derivatives like windows server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, etc.

I feel like alot of developers making electron apps have or are going to miss this notice, and you are going to see a swarm of issues coming from regular users who also have no idea about this. I hope that many apps will continue to use electron versions at or below 22.x.x for as long as possible so that the roughly 20% of people still on windows 7/8/8.1 will not be left out.

[dusansimic]

Closing in favor of #2011

[PreachJohn]

Please keep me in the Loop if a Fork becomes necessary. For now I use 257.0 as I can't find a Copy of 257.1 anywhere, the last version of course that did install on my Computer; Win 7 Pro 64 bit. John Butkans

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[PreachJohn]

Alexander David Frick has a clear understanding as to why versions beyond 257.1 will not install on Win7 Pro 64 bit; don't code further than electron 22.
Happily I came here to Github's Site. Cause I see a download link for me that did not come thro' in the email copy I received from Mr. Frick. Obviously a bright Individual as the regular listed Contributors to Caprine are too.

[Alex313031]

@PreachJohn New repo specifically for Windows 7 releases > https://github.com/Alex313031/caprine-win7