Program Won't Run on Windows 7

[Shadowmech88]

I don't actually know if it's intended to run on Windows 7 at all, but I didn't see any OS version requirements listed anywhere.
I'm also just generally curious if it's possible for it to run on Windows 7 with some additional user-side bandaids, even if it's not explicitly intended for it.

When I initially started the program, it complained about a missing api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll, which I added to my system manually. After that, when I attempt to start it, Command Prompt opens and immediately closes with the message

Error loading Python DLL: 'C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp_MEI123456\python311.dll'.
No error messages generated.
FormatMessageW: The parameter is incorrect.
LoadLibrary: PyInstaller: FormatMessageW failed.

The mentioned AppData folder always has a different numerical identifier, and none of the folders exist, although I notice similar folders do exist in the AppData folder of the Windows 10 PC where I run DCEF.

Expected Behavior

The program would run.

Actual Behavior

The program does not run.

Steps to reproduce the problem

1. Attempt to run the program.

Specifications

Environment

• Operating system: Windows 7
• CPU Architecture: x86_64 (PC)
• Flavor: Windows binary release

DiscordChatExporter-frontend

• Release version or commit hash: v2.1.1
• Can the issue be reproduced in the demo?: No

DiscordChatExporter

N/A: Tested with just the default guild.

Logs

Is there any relevant information in logs? If so, please provide them:

No logs were generated at all.

[slatinsky]

True, the program won't run on Windows 7 (I have tested it). Windows 7 is end of life operating system and won't be supported.

That said, client side should run on Windows 7. But you will need to host the server on other computer.

[slatinsky]

Closing this issue, Windows 7 incompatibility is mentioned in docs now