I'm working on adding legacy builds of our officially-released apps that have dropped support for Windows XP, Vista, or 7 to the base app homepages. The goal is to make them easier to find for folks on legacy systems. I'm listing out completed packages and packages that are being researched and built below. The packages are designed to install alongside your main app installs and won't be updated to the latest version - breaking compatibility with your legacy OS - by the PA.c Platform. We don't need copies of any of the apps listed, thanks.
If you know of an app that needs to be added, please make a comment with the app and last working version or first non-working version if you know them. Or a close enough version but please indicate this. There's a thread on PFC that may have some info to assist us, too. We have access to old versions we've packaged and don't need help finding downloads unless indicated.
I've added fallback support for Windows XP and Vista to our download mirror setup for all apps we host. The platform will also detect if an unofficial TLS 1.2 patch has been applied and use it. I put together a Root Certificate Updates For Legacy Windows (Vista, XP, 2000) package and instructions on Github to allow legacy users to update to current certificates and support for Let's Encrypt. I also put together an instruction set and reg update to Enable TLS 1.1/1.2 on Windows Vista. Additionally, there is LegacyUpdate.net which reverse engineers the old Windows Update system for legacy Windows allowing you to install all available updates as well as server updates in addition to updating certificates. Neither PortableApps.com nor I are affiliated with this or can speak to its security but it seems to work well in my testing.
I'll remove comments as they are added to this list. And I may eventually build a suite of apps for these older versions of Windows depending on time and interest. Thanks for your help!
Windows Legacy Versions Available On Site And PA.c Platform App Store
- Atomic Tanks Portable 6.2 (XP)
- Audacity Portable 2.2.2 (XP), 3.0.5 (Vista)
- AquaSnap Portable 1.18.2 (XP/Vista)
- AutoDrum 4.3 (XP/Vista and 7/8/10 32-bit)
- Avidemux Portable 2.6.8 (XP)
- balenaEtcher Portable 1.7.9 (7), 1.8.11 (10 32-bit + 8/8.1)
- Battle for Wesnoth 1.14.16 (XP/Vista), 1.14.17 (7/8/10 32-bit)
- BleachBit 4.6.2 (Vista/7/8), 2.2 (XP)
- Blender 2.76b (XP), 2.92.0 (7 x64)
- BOINC 7.14.2 (x86)
- BYOND 5.0b515.1643 (7/8), 5.0b514.1589 (XP/Vista)
- Caesium 1.7.0 (XP/Vista/7/8 + 10 32-bit)
- Capture2Text 3.9 (XP/Vista)
- Cherrytree 1.2.0 (7 64-bit), 0.39.4 (XP/Vista, 32-bit)
- ConvertAll 0.6.1 (XP), 0.7.3 (Vista)
- CopyQ 7.1.0 (7/8 64-bit)
- Cppcheck 1.69 (XP), 1.83 (Vista), 2.12 (7/8/10 32-bit)
- darktable 4.4.2 (7/8.0)
- DB Browser for SQLite Portable 3.11.2 (XP)
- Draw.io 21.1.2 (7/8)
- Explorer++ 1.3.5 (XP/Vista)
- FastCopy 5.7.5 (XP)
- fdmPortable/Free Download Manager 6.24.2 (7/8 + 10 32-bit)
- FileVoyager 24.1.20.0 (XP)
- FileZilla Client Portable 3.9.0.1 (XP)
- Firefox, Portable Edition 52.9.0 (XP/Vista), 115.x (7/8/8.1)
- FocusWriter 1.6.16 (7/8/8.1 + 10 32-bit)
- Folding@home 7.6.21 (32-bit)
- Freeciv 3.0.9 (7/8/10 32-bit), 2.6.11 (XP/Vista)
- Geany 1.37.1 (7/8/10 32-bit and Vista)
- GIMP 2.8.22 (XP/Vista)
- GnuCash 2.6.21 (XP/Vista)
- Google Chrome 109.0.5414.120 (7/8), 49.0.2623.112 (XP/Vista)
- Google Chrome 64-bit 109.0.5414.120 (7/8)
- gPodder 3.9.2 (XP)
- Gramps 5.1.6 (7 64-bit), 5.1.5 (7/8/10 32-bit), 3.4.9 (XP/Vista)
- gVim 9.0 (XP)
- Hedgewars 0.9.23 (XP)
- HexChat 2.9.4 (XP), 2.14.1 (Vista)
- Inkscape 0.92.3 (XP/Vista)
- Iron 109.0.5550.0 (7/8)
- KchmViewer 7.5 (XP)
- Krita 4.4.3 (32-bit), 5.0.6 (7/8)
- KVIrc 5.2.0 (7/8 and 10 32-bit)
- LibreCAD 2.1.3 (XP/Vista)
- LibreOffice Portable 5.4 (XP/Vista)
- Listary 3.51.858 (XP/Vista)
- Lossless Cut 3.50 (7/8)
- Lucas Chess 11.17 (XP)
- Marble 1.9.0 (XP/Vista)
- MediaInfo 21.03 (XP)
- Media Player Classic - Black Edition (MPC-BE) 1.4.6 (XP), 1.6.6 (Vista)
- Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) 1.7.13 (XP)
- Mixxx 2.2.4 (7/8/10 32-bit)
- MKVToolNix 68.0 (7)
- Mnemosyne 2.6.1 (7/8 + 10 32-bit), 2.3.3 (XP/Vista)
- Money Manager Ex 1.7.0 (Vista), 1.33 (XP)
- Mumble 1.4.287 (7/8.0 + 8.1/10 32-bit)
- MuseScore 3.6.2 (Win 7/8, 10 32-bit)
- MusicBrainz Picard 1.4.2 (32-bit + XP/Vista)
- NAPS2 7.5.3 (7/8 + 10 32-bit)
- Notepad++ 8.4.6 (Vista), 7.9.2 (XP)
- NVDA 2023.4.4 (7/8.0), 2017.3 (XP/Vista)
- OBS Studio 27.2.4 (7/8 + 10 32-bit)
- OpenMPT Retro Build (XP/Vista)
- OpenTTD 1.10.3 (XP), 12.2 (Vista)
- Opera 95.0.4635.84 (7/8)
- Paint.NET 4.3.12 (Win 7/8/10 32-bit)
- Password Safe 3.38.2 (XP)
- PDF Arranger 1.10.0 (7)
- Pencil Project 3.1.0 (7/8/10 32-bit), 2.0.5 (XP/Vista)
- Process Explorer 16.22 (XP), 16.32 (Vista)
- qBittorrent 4.4.5 (7/8/10 32-bit), 4.5.5 (7/8 64-bit), 4.1.9.1 (XP/Vista)
- qBittorrent Enhanced 4.6.7.10 (7/8 + 10 32-bit)
- QOwnNotes 25.8.2 (7/8 64-bit), 20.7.4.5852 (7/8/10 32-bit)
- RawTherapee 5.0rc1 (XP/Vista + 7/8/10 32-bit)
- RedNotebook 2.26 (7/8 32&64-bit or 8.1/10 32-bit)
- Rufus 3.22 (7)
- Scribus 1.4.8 (XP/Vista/8.0)
- SeaMonkey 2.49.5 (XP/Vista)
- Shotcut 22.12.21 Rev 2 (7/8 64-bit), 20.09.23 Rev 2 (Vista - 10 32-bit), 15.04.01 (XP)
- Sigil Portable 0.7.4 (XP/Vista), 1.9.30 (7/8 + 10 32-bit)
- SpyBot Search and Destroy 2.6 (Vista), 2.4 (XP)
- Stella 6.7.1 (7/8/10 32-bit)
- Stellarium 24.4.0 (7/8/10 32-bit), 19.3.1 (Vista), 0.13.3 (XP)
- Sumatra PDF 3.1.2 (XP)
- SWI-Prolog 7.4.2 (XP)
- TeamViewer 15.66.4 (7)
- Telegram 1.8.15 (XP)
- The Legend of Edgar 1.36-1 (7/8/10 32-bit), 1.30-1 (XP/Vista)
- Thunderbird 52.9.1 (XP/Vista)
- TreeSize Free 4.4.2 (32-bit and Vista/7/8)
- VeraCrypt 1.26.15 (7/8 + 10 32-bit), 1.25.9 (XP)
- Warzone 2100 3.1.2 (XP), 4.2.7 (Vista)
- WinSCP 6.1.2 (XP)
- Wise Disk Cleaner 11.0.7 (XP)
- Wise Duplicate Finder 2.1.3 (XP)
- Wise Force Deleter 1.5.6.58 (XP)
- Wise Registry Cleaner 11.1.2 (XP)
- XnConvert 1.96.0 (7/8/10 32-bit)
- XnView MP 1.5.5 (32-bit)
- YUMI-exFAT 1.0.2.0 (XP/Vista/7)
- Zint Barcode Studio 2.4.3 (XP), 2.8.0 (Vista)
- Zoom via zmPortable 5.17.13 (7/8)
- ZoomIt 7.1 (7), 5.10 (Vista), 4.2 (XP)
Windows Legacy Versions To Be Built (Including Last Working or First Non-Working)
- ConvertAll 1.0.1 (7)
- CPU-Z ?.? (XP)
- MicroSIP ?.? (XP/Vista)
- Password Safe ?.? (Vista)
- PotPlayer 1.7.21419+MiniXP Launcher (XP), ?.? (Vista)
- uTorrent ?.? (XP/Vista)
- WinSCP ?.? (XP/Vista)
Upcoming/Possible Windows Legacy Versions
- Electron-based apps updated to version 23 (Chromium 110) require Windows 10/11
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Looks like the version 17.08 does not run on Windows 7. Last working (tested) one was 17.06
Win 7 x64 bit, no antivirus or firewall. Upgraded installation from 17.06
EDIT1: Fresh installation of the platform, same issue. Will try to test on a 32 bit system ASAP..
'Life is a strategy game, where roles are already distributed'
― Neo Buddha ―
Process Explorer 17.08 works for me on Windows 7 32-bit.
Edited above ↑↑
'Life is a strategy game, where roles are already distributed'
― Neo Buddha ―
The 64-bit build of Process Explorer will not run on Windows 7. It requires Windows 8.0 or later. The 32-bit build of Process Explorer will run on Windows 7 32-bit. Running the 32-bit on Windows 7 64-bit, however, extracts procexp64.exe to TEMP on execution and runs that, so it will also fail.
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'Life is a strategy game, where roles are already distributed'
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