Good evening group … I’m continuing to write my software in my spare time, with Xojo 2023 on Windows 10, everything is fine. I wanted to test my software on an old laptop with Windows 7. The software executable doesn’t start, I can’t open the project because on Windows 7 I was able to install Xojo 2022 which, however, cannot open the software project written with Xojo 2023. Solutions? Unfortunately, Windows 7 runs fine on my laptop, but Windows 10 is too heavy and very slow.
The latest versions of Xojo are only compatible with Windows 10 and 11.
To use it on Windows 7, you would need to create it with a very old version of Xojo.
Since Xojo 2020r1 Windows 7 is no longer compatible
[System requirements for 2019r3.2 — Xojo documentation](https://Xojo 2019 r3.2 is compatible with Windows 7)
[System requirements for 2020r1 — Xojo documentation](https://Xojo 2020 r1 is NOT compatible with Windows 7)
I believe that Windows 7 support was dropped even in 2022. It just is what it is.
Edit: Gabrielle spells it out nicely above.
Last one is 2022r3.2
Yes, I had read the system requirements and saw that the latest versions of xojo work on Windows 10 and later. I thought there was a way to get the compiled program to run on an older Windows, like Windows 7. If that’s not possible, so be it, I’ll throw away my laptop 
I’m sorry.
Even though the guide says it’s compatible, I have applications made in Xojo 2020 r1 that simply don’t work on Windows 7, but they do on Windows 8.
Usually installing https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53587 on the problematic Windows 7 helps.
Unless people are using post Win 7 APIs.
Ok I’ll try and see what happens
Last one is 2022r3.2 , don’t try anything newer than that when targeting Windows 7.
If you’re using plugins, notably MBS, you will likely also have to go with older versions.
Most MBS Plugins are still Windows 7 compatible. It just depends on which ones you use.
e.g. Windows OCR plugin classes need Windows 10 to run and Windows 8 to load.
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Thanks, Christian. It has been a while, but my projects use CURL and I think it might have been there.