[SOLVED] Missing file in FreeCAD_weekly-builds-29923-2022-08-03-conda-Windows-x86_64-py310.7z

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[SOLVED] Missing file in FreeCAD_weekly-builds-29923-2022-08-03-conda-Windows-x86_64-py310.7z

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Hi,
Missing file api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll in FreeCAD_weekly-builds-29923-2022-08-03-conda-Windows-x86_64-py310.7z
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Re: Missing file in FreeCAD_weekly-builds-29923-2022-08-03-conda-Windows-x86_64-py310.7z

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Are you running windows seven? Notice that these new builds now use python 3.10 and python dropped support for windows 7 in version 3.9, it seems somebody found a workaround though: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 26#p615026
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Re: Missing file in FreeCAD_weekly-builds-29923-2022-08-03-conda-Windows-x86_64-py310.7z

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adrianinsaval wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 1:27 pm Are you running windows seven? Notice that these new builds now use python 3.10 and python dropped support for windows 7 in version 3.9, it seems somebody found a workaround though: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 26#p615026
it don't work for me, so i supose i'll be stuck on Version: 0.21.29485 (Git) beacause i can't solve it.

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OS: Windows 7 SP 1 (6.1)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.21.29485 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: a236ca843fdd6674afb6d7ed1454fbd3b547f5ea
Python 3.8.13, Qt 5.12.9, Coin 4.0.0, Vtk 9.1.0, OCC 7.5.3
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Re: Missing file in FreeCAD_weekly-builds-29923-2022-08-03-conda-Windows-x86_64-py310.7z

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You also need to have update KB2533623 installed if I'm not mistaken
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Re: Missing file in FreeCAD_weekly-builds-29923-2022-08-03-conda-Windows-x86_64-py310.7z

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adrianinsaval wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 6:51 pm You also need to have update KB2533623 installed if I'm not mistaken
When I try to install KB2533623 I get message:
The update cannot be applied to the computer
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Re: Missing file in FreeCAD_weekly-builds-29923-2022-08-03-conda-Windows-x86_64-py310.7z

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bgma1961 wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 7:58 pm When I try to install KB2533623 I get message:
The update cannot be applied to the computer
You're completely wasting your time, unless @looo is going to downgrade Python back to 3.8.x then it's not going to work on Windows 7.

As a Windows user and IT Support professional in the past since the late 80's I took the plunge a while back and dual booted with Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon though I'd recommend 20.3 at this current time. It'll be a bit painful to start with but if you search thoroughly there excellent resources such as https://itsfoss.com/guide-install-linux ... t-windows/ You'll be able to self compile FreeCAD far more easily IMHO than on Windows which means if you want to try the latest and greatest you can at any time of the day and not have to wait for the weekly builds. If you don't need such frequency and don't want to learn the self compiling you can use the AppImages. There's always downsides and the amount of typing does increase but Mint is the nearest I found to Windows as far shortcuts etc.
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Re: Missing file in FreeCAD_weekly-builds-29923-2022-08-03-conda-Windows-x86_64-py310.7z

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I tried to create both (py3.8 and py3.10) but it didn't work out of the box.
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Re: Missing file in FreeCAD_weekly-builds-29923-2022-08-03-conda-Windows-x86_64-py310.7z

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Syres wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:46 am
bgma1961 wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 7:58 pm When I try to install KB2533623 I get message:
The update cannot be applied to the computer
You're completely wasting your time, unless @looo is going to downgrade Python back to 3.8.x then it's not going to work on Windows 7.

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I was afraid of it!
I think it has generally become a very boring trend among, if not all, the majority of software developers,
computer manufacturers and others that as soon as there is a new version, they do not support the previous one.
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Re: Missing file in FreeCAD_weekly-builds-29923-2022-08-03-conda-Windows-x86_64-py310.7z

Post by Piero69 »

solution from @jimmihenry (with a modified 64bit api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll) works ....

Here is the download link: https://github.com/nalexandru/api-ms-wi ... K/releases

Just place the 64bit "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll" in FreeCAD's bin folder, and you should be good, hopefully. Please try it out maybe this is the issue.
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Re: Missing file in FreeCAD_weekly-builds-29923-2022-08-03-conda-Windows-x86_64-py310.7z

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bgma1961 wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:54 am soon as there is a new version, they do not support the previous one.
there's 3 new versions after 7, not to mention that it is no longer supported by MS itself, so this is hardly the case. I don't know the details of why python dropped support so I won't defend their decision specifically, but IMO expecting everyone to work on keeping support for windows 7 is not reasonable. Note that I'm not advocating to go out of our way to deprecate windows 7 though.
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