deew: deew can't start because "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer".

Description of the the bug I’m using 64-bit Windows 7 and the message above appears when I call deew on the command-line. After I click the OK button, then there appears a new error message: «Error loading Python DLL ‘C:\TEMP-D~1\New-TMP_MEI21602\python310.dll’. LoadLibrary: The specified module could not be found.» Which is weird, because the README.md says: ``Python (you don’t need it if you use a standalone build of deew)´´. _FWIW: MEI21602 is a directory created and used by yt-dlp.exe :–/

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OS 64-bit Windows 7.

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  • Created 2 years ago
  • Comments: 20 (6 by maintainers)

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Question: the problem is with deew.exe itself, or with the version of Python with which it was ``compiled´´? Anyway, updating my Windows is not an option, unless you give me a brand-new computer 😃

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

You should add that your builds of deew.exe are compiled with a version of Python that requires Windows 10 or higher. As I said, not everybody will stop using Windows 7 only because Microsoft wants or because the creators and maintainers of Python, Qt and etc. are narrow-minded.

OK, then please and at least update your README.md. Windows 7 is the new Windows XP and it won’t die as fast as Microsoft and the Python devilopers would like 😃

Question: the problem is with deew.exe itself, or with the version of Python with which it was ``compiled´´? Anyway, updating my Windows is not an option, unless you give me a brand-new computer 😃

Asking for Windows 7 support is like asking for a basic port because you have a Commodore or something like that. I doubt that a PC couldn’t run Windows 10 if it can handle Windows 7 especially with some tweaks if needed.

It’s not because they are narrow-minded. They don’t intentionally make tools/programs not work on Windows 7, they would have to spend extra time for supporting old OSs. Every OS has an EOL date for a reason.

Windows 7 has reached its EOL in 2020, what should I change in the README?

pyinstaller and Python >3.8 doesn’t support Windows 7. Try to install Python 3.8 and install deew with pip.

the standalone version won’t work on Windows 7, update your Windows.