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  • D dmginc

    @bplastos

    I took a look at the diff between Qt 6.3.0 and 6.3.1:

    Out of the files that need to be modified for running under Windows 7, three source files have been modified: qwindowswindow.cpp, qrhid3d11.cpp, qwindowscontext.cpp

    Anyway, I was apply to apply my 6.3.0 changes patch directly as there were no overlapping changes.

    Could you try these DLLs under Windows 7?
    https://web.tresorit.com/l/iWnTl#yGMg45iqZObF8miEZt7FaA

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    @dmginc Thank you very much for your efforts. Unfortunately, it made no difference in trying to get the latest versions of Calibre portable to run under Windows 7. There must be something else besides Qt changes that is preventing it from launching.

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      Hi, Calibre 6.1 uses Python 3.10 which does not work on Windows 7 :-(

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      • hskoglundH hskoglund

        Hi, Calibre 6.1 uses Python 3.10 which does not work on Windows 7 :-(

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        Grdes
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        @hskoglund and @bplastos
        Use the QT6 files from the link above (great work btw) and then run Calibre using this: https://github.com/vxiiduu/VxKex in Win10 compatibility for calibre.exe It should work now just fine. At least it starts for me.

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          @hskoglund and @bplastos
          Use the QT6 files from the link above (great work btw) and then run Calibre using this: https://github.com/vxiiduu/VxKex in Win10 compatibility for calibre.exe It should work now just fine. At least it starts for me.

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          bplastos
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          @Grdes said in Qt Creator 6.0.1 and Qt 6.2.2 running on Windows 7:

          @hskoglund and @bplastos
          Use the QT6 files from the link above (great work btw) and then run Calibre using this: https://github.com/vxiiduu/VxKex in Win10 compatibility for calibre.exe It should work now just fine. At least it starts for me.

          @Grdes - Please forgive my ignorance, but can you explain in detail, or point me to some detailed instructions, of how exactly to run Calibre using that project? And please be clear. Are you talking about running the portable version of Calibre (I hope)?

          EDIT: I THINK I figured out how to install VxKex v0.0.0.2. I installed https://github.com/vxiiduu/VxKex/releases/download/Version0.0.0.2/KexSetup_x64Rel.exe. But still no success.

          I installed https://download.calibre-ebook.com/6.0.0/calibre-portable-installer-6.0.0.exe, which seems to install. I replaced the Qt files with the latest patched Qt 6.3.1 files from @dmginc, then enabled VxKex for Calibre\calibre.exe and set it for Win 10 compatability. (Was that the ONLY file that needs VxKex enabled?) Again, nothing happens when I try to launch the app. Did you have to do anything to get around the Python 3.10 incompatibility issue?

          EDIT2: Partial success! If I get a version of api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll from here - https://github.com/nalexandru/api-ms-win-core-path-HACK/releases/download/0.3.1/api-ms-win-core-path-blender-0.3.1.zip - and copy it to Calibre\app\bin, then Calibre will indeed launch. But it won't do many of Calibre's functions. The eBook viewer doesn't work, it won't edit an eBook, nor will it convert to or from any of the eBook formats. I tried enabling VxKex for ALL of the Calibre exe files I could find, but no change. It launches, but doesn't really work. So a step in the right direction, but...

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          • jsulmJ jsulm

            @HiXeus Is your post somehow related to this thread or to Qt at all?

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            HiXeus
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            @jsulm Yes, the project uses QT and they recently moved from QT 5 to 6.

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            • B bplastos

              @Grdes said in Qt Creator 6.0.1 and Qt 6.2.2 running on Windows 7:

              @hskoglund and @bplastos
              Use the QT6 files from the link above (great work btw) and then run Calibre using this: https://github.com/vxiiduu/VxKex in Win10 compatibility for calibre.exe It should work now just fine. At least it starts for me.

              @Grdes - Please forgive my ignorance, but can you explain in detail, or point me to some detailed instructions, of how exactly to run Calibre using that project? And please be clear. Are you talking about running the portable version of Calibre (I hope)?

              EDIT: I THINK I figured out how to install VxKex v0.0.0.2. I installed https://github.com/vxiiduu/VxKex/releases/download/Version0.0.0.2/KexSetup_x64Rel.exe. But still no success.

              I installed https://download.calibre-ebook.com/6.0.0/calibre-portable-installer-6.0.0.exe, which seems to install. I replaced the Qt files with the latest patched Qt 6.3.1 files from @dmginc, then enabled VxKex for Calibre\calibre.exe and set it for Win 10 compatability. (Was that the ONLY file that needs VxKex enabled?) Again, nothing happens when I try to launch the app. Did you have to do anything to get around the Python 3.10 incompatibility issue?

              EDIT2: Partial success! If I get a version of api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll from here - https://github.com/nalexandru/api-ms-win-core-path-HACK/releases/download/0.3.1/api-ms-win-core-path-blender-0.3.1.zip - and copy it to Calibre\app\bin, then Calibre will indeed launch. But it won't do many of Calibre's functions. The eBook viewer doesn't work, it won't edit an eBook, nor will it convert to or from any of the eBook formats. I tried enabling VxKex for ALL of the Calibre exe files I could find, but no change. It launches, but doesn't really work. So a step in the right direction, but...

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              Grdes
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              @bplastos

              1. Download normal nonportable MSI Calibre Version: 6.1.0 installer from here:
                https://calibre-ebook.com/download_windows
              2. Remove the Windows version check from the installer using SuperOrca MSI editor
                https://www.pantaray.com/msi_super_orca.html
                That means open the msi in SuperOrca, go to LaunchCondition and edit the Win version there or fully drop that row (right click, drop row) and save the edited msi file in SuperOrca as new file.
              3. Install Calibre from edited installer without the win version check
              4. Go to the installed Calibre folder and replace there QT files with the modified files from this topic.
                That means replace Qt6Core.dll and Qt6Gui.dll inside bin folder and also replace qwindows.dll inside plugins/platforms folder.
              5. Right click calibre.exe and go the the VxKex tab. Enable here:
                a) Enable VxKex for this program
                b) Report a different version of Windows and set that to Windows 10
              6. I have also copied the dll from api-ms-win-core-path-blender-0.3.1.zip to my Windows/System32 folder in the past, so maybe this has also some effect to this.

              I didn't have much time to test Calibre functions yet, but I've tried to convert some PDF to MOBI and it works for me.

              edit: but yeah the ebook editor and internal ebook viewer doesn't work for me as well. Those are external exe files and it doesn't launch at all. Maybe some more QT files needs to be patched?

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                Perdrix
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                Did anyone update the DLLs for 6.4.0 to run on Windows 7?

                Thanks
                David

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                • PerdrixP Perdrix

                  Did anyone update the DLLs for 6.4.0 to run on Windows 7?

                  Thanks
                  David

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                  dmginc
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                  @Perdrix

                  Here is a new set of DLLs for Qt 6.4.2: https://web.tresorit.com/l/TQOcz#l6c1gobdO3YraJvrU1SFuQ

                  Please let me know if there are any issues :)

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                  • hskoglundH hskoglund

                    Hi, the patches for Qt 6.2.2 in binary format (3 .dlls) can be downloaded via the link above (in the first post).
                    The patches in source format consists of 9 files, I made a .zip for you here
                    I've only tested them on Qt 6.2.2 but with a bit of luck they should work on 6.2.3 as well...

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                    @hskoglund said in Qt Creator 6.0.1 and Qt 6.2.2 running on Windows 7:

                    Hi, the patches for Qt 6.2.2 in binary format (3 .dlls) can be downloaded via the link above (in the first post).
                    The patches in source format consists of 9 files, I made a .zip for you here
                    I've only tested them on Qt 6.2.2 but with a bit of luck they should work on 6.2.3 as well...

                    Do you still have that patch zip somewhere? If you could share it, I'd sure appreciate it, as the old link is 404 here and on the Internet Archive.

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                    • D Darthagnon

                      @hskoglund said in Qt Creator 6.0.1 and Qt 6.2.2 running on Windows 7:

                      Hi, the patches for Qt 6.2.2 in binary format (3 .dlls) can be downloaded via the link above (in the first post).
                      The patches in source format consists of 9 files, I made a .zip for you here
                      I've only tested them on Qt 6.2.2 but with a bit of luck they should work on 6.2.3 as well...

                      Do you still have that patch zip somewhere? If you could share it, I'd sure appreciate it, as the old link is 404 here and on the Internet Archive.

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                      hskoglund
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                      @Darthagnon My bad I happened to delete it, it's back now.

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                        Thanks! @hskoglund
                        Now it is possible to run my program on Windows 7, for those who so wish!
                        https://gitlab.com/posktomten/nsisfilelist/-/wikis/DOWNLOADS

                        A file listing program for NSIS

                        posktomten

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                          Thank you so much!

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                          • D dmginc

                            @Perdrix

                            Here is a new set of DLLs for Qt 6.4.2: https://web.tresorit.com/l/TQOcz#l6c1gobdO3YraJvrU1SFuQ

                            Please let me know if there are any issues :)

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                            hskoglund
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                            @dmginc Still on my beloved Win7, couldn't get Qt Creator 9 to run.

                            Today I took the plunge and installed Qt Creator 10 beta 1. Turns out it's built with MSVC 6.4.2 i.e. a perfect match for your new set of DLLs.

                            Screenshot 2023-02-07 at 21.35.29.png
                            And it works just fine :-)

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                            • D dmginc

                              @Perdrix

                              Here is a new set of DLLs for Qt 6.4.2: https://web.tresorit.com/l/TQOcz#l6c1gobdO3YraJvrU1SFuQ

                              Please let me know if there are any issues :)

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                              @dmginc

                              Thank you for your helpful contributions!

                              Would you mind, please, providing patched DLLs for Qt 6.3.2 as well?

                              BTW, do you always recompile from patched
                              source, or is it perhaps possible to do binary patches using diffs for other versions?

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                              • D dmginc

                                With some initial guidance from @hskoglund (thanks!), I have managed to create Windows 7-compatible DLLs for Qt 6.3.0 (QtCore, QtGui, qwindows).

                                Purely for experimental/"at your own risk" use of course :)

                                Download for DLLs (also contains diff file showing the modifications needed to the original source files): https://web.tresorit.com/l/idV8c#QwlBcUwvkQYjzbRSWlZlnQ

                                Any issues, please let me know.

                                EDIT: Here is the batch file I used to setup my environment for building:

                                @echo off
                                
                                REM Set up Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, where <arch> is amd64, x86, etc.
                                CALL "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64
                                
                                REM Edit this location to point to the source code of Qt
                                SET _ROOT=C:\projects\qt5
                                
                                SET PATH=%_ROOT%\qtbase\bin;%PATH%
                                SET PATH=C:\ninja;%PATH%
                                
                                cd %_ROOT%
                                SET _ROOT=
                                
                                REM Set Windows version macros to Windows 7
                                SET CL=/DWINVER=0x0601 %CL%
                                SET CL=/D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601 %CL%
                                SET CL=/DNTDDI_VERSION=0x06010000 %CL%
                                
                                REM Assume Internet Explorer 8.0
                                REM See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winprog/using-the-windows-headers#macros-for-conditional-declarations
                                SET CL=/D_WIN32_IE=0x0800 %CL%
                                
                                REM Keeps the command line open when this script is run.
                                cmd /k
                                
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                                flaf
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                                @dmginc hello. would you mind explaining to me how you made the dlls work in windows 7? I would like to learn to be able to run some qt6 programs on Windows 7

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                                • D dmginc

                                  @Perdrix

                                  Here is a new set of DLLs for Qt 6.4.2: https://web.tresorit.com/l/TQOcz#l6c1gobdO3YraJvrU1SFuQ

                                  Please let me know if there are any issues :)

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                                  微信截图_20230324160307.png
                                  C:\Qt\qtcreator-9.0.2\lib\qtcreator\plugins\CtfVisualizer.dll: Unable to load library C:\Qt\qtcreator-9.0.2\lib\qtcreator\plugins\CtfVisualizer.dll:Unable to load library

                                  Qt6.2.4 windows7
                                  in fact,These files already exist。

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                                    微信截图_20230324160307.png
                                    C:\Qt\qtcreator-9.0.2\lib\qtcreator\plugins\CtfVisualizer.dll: Unable to load library C:\Qt\qtcreator-9.0.2\lib\qtcreator\plugins\CtfVisualizer.dll:Unable to load library

                                    Qt6.2.4 windows7
                                    in fact,These files already exist。

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                                    hskoglund
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                                    Hi, I think the error occurs because PerProfiler uses QtQuick and QML and those .dlls have no patches to work on Windows 7.

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                                    • hskoglundH hskoglund

                                      Hi, I think the error occurs because PerProfiler uses QtQuick and QML and those .dlls have no patches to work on Windows 7.

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                                      yqhu
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                                      @hskoglund thanks!qt widget is already sufficient!

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                                        @hskoglund thanks!qt widget is already sufficient!

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                                        crystalidea
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                                        any update on Qt 6.5?

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                                          any update on Qt 6.5?

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                                          @crystalidea

                                          Here are the patched DLLs for Qt 6.5.1 on Windows 7:
                                          https://web.tresorit.com/l/QN88Z#nF5sZ3NclgeYbMeIaJ_BuA

                                          Please let me know if you encounter any issues :)

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