This was discussed when Windows 7 reached end of life (EOL) and you
could search the mailing list archives and find those emails.
And I have bad news. As I recall, there are components that PSPP (or
PSPPIRE) uses that no longer support Windows 7. By "no longer support" I
mean a long time ago, after Windows 7 EOL, it was decided to change the
code to only work with more modern features of Windows 10.
By "component" (and I'm sorry, I don't recall which one) I mean a
library _written by other authors_ that PSPP _uses_ on Windows. This
library does something vital and PSPP (or PSPPIRE) cannot operate
without it.
Because this was a decision by those component authors, the PSPP
developers cannot do anything about it. _So, no one on this mailing list
can help fix this issue._ This may well happen again with Windows 10 (it
will depend on what those component authors do after Windows 10 EOL).
If you are a Windows dev, you may be able to find a solution and
recompile PSPP (but in that case, probably you wouldn't be asking about
this).
You know that Windows 7 is very old and probably vulnerable, right? You
might consider switching to Linux or replacing the computer. I am a
long-time Linux user but I recently switched my desktop from Windows to
Linux (I chose Fedora because of prior experience, but Ubuntu or Debian
may be a better choice) and it takes some getting used to Gnome but I've
been pretty happy with it. The Linux support for PSPP is stronger
because the devs use Linux themselves.
-Alan
On 11/5/24 1:12 AM, Nidhi Shah wrote:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Nidhi Shah, writing this email to you because I am unable to
operate PSPP on my computer.
After installing PSPP-DEBUG on my computer, the file is unable to open
as it is not compatible with my version of windows, i.e, windows 7.
Hence I request you to help me with this issue.
Thanking you.
Yours sincerely,
Nidhi Shah.
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