Windows XP/Vista/7/8/32-bit Compatible Apps Available and Requested

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 2.2 (XP)
• Blender 2.76b (XP), 2.92.0 (7 x64)
• BOINC 7.14.2 (x86)
• Caesium 1.7.0 (XP/Vista/7/8 + 10 32-bit)
• Capture2Text 3.9 (XP/Vista)
• Cherrytree 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), 1.89 (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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Mumble 1.4.287 (7/8.0 + 8.1/10 32-bit)<?li?>
• MuseScore 3.6.2 (Win 7/8, 10 32-bit)
• MusicBrainz Picard 1.4.2 (32-bit + XP/Vista)
• 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 and 10 32-bit)
• Password Safe 3.38.2 (XP)
• 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)
• QOwnNotes 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)
• Stellarium 0.13.3 (XP)
• Sumatra PDF 3.1.2 (XP)
• SWI-Prolog 7.4.2 (XP)
• 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)
• Warzone 2100 3.1.2 (XP), 4.2.7 (Vista)
• WinSCP 6.1.2 (XP)
• 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)
• ZoomIt 7.1 (7), 5.10 (Vista), 4.2 (XP)

Windows Legacy Versions To Be Built (Including Last Working or First Non-Working)

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Upcoming/Possible Windows Legacy Versions

• Electron-based apps updated to version 23 (Chromium 110) require Windows 10/11