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Python 3.8+ installers that support Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2

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May 16, 12:00	2023-05-16 12:00:00 UTC	2023-05-16 18:00:00 UTC	0	0
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May 17, 18:00	2023-05-17 18:00:00 UTC	2023-05-18 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

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pajko·May 17, 2023

The same decision has been made in Python, to use the newer APIs blindly, but fortunately there's a fork: https://github.com/adang1345/PythonWin7 Hope Chromium will get one soon. EDIT: yep, there's already one: https://github.com/Alex313031/chromium-win7

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hddqsb·May 13, 2023

There is a discussion with some insight into the technical reasons why they don't support Windows 7: https://discuss.python.org/t/windows-7-support-for-python-3-... (summary: api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll is not available on Windows 7, so they'd have to switch from static import to feature detection + dynamic import in several places; and the Python team don't have access to Windows 7 so they can't do testing). An unofficial Python installer for Windows 7 exists: https://github.com/adang1345/PythonWin7 (it uses an unofficial implementation of api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll).

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