Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 support

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Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 support

Forum: General Discussion

Creator: Nikita Leontiev

Created: 2026-06-04

Updated: 2026-06-05

Nikita Leontiev - 2026-06-04

cppcheck 2.21.0 installer includes runtime libraries that are not compatible with Windows 7. Installation can be performed on Windows 7. As a result, system will have broken runtime libraries.
From release notes: "The official Windows binary is now built with Visual Studio 2026.". Visual Studio 2026 doesn't support Windows 7/8/8.1 targeting. cppcheck.sourceforge.io states: "Windows 64-bit (No XP support)". No info about unsupported Vista, 7, 8, 8.1.

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lamoda - 2026-06-04

this because Qt6 doest support Win7

you can simplify add support Win 7
just add Qt6 compiled binary from rep https://github.com/adeii/Qt6Win7/releases/tag/Qt6102
Qt-6.10.2-x64-msvc-win7.7z
remove all Qt6 from cppcheck
and add by one file from bin dir archive above

Last edit: lamoda 2026-06-04

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Nikita Leontiev - 2026-06-05

I'm talking about C++ runtime libraries that are part of the installer:

concrt140.dll

msvcp140.dll

msvcp140_1.dll

msvcp140_2.dll

msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll

msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll

vccorlib140.dll

vcruntime140.dll

vcruntime140_1.dll

vcruntime140_threads.dll

GUI is a different topic. Windows 7 support has been dropped in 2.18.0. Installation shouldn't be performed on Windows 7 if "Graphical interface" checkbox is checked.

Last edit: Nikita Leontiev 2026-06-05
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