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Windows-7-Support: 8.1 also not supported now
* Windows 8.1 supported ended today. Might still work for a while. * Running from source, with Python 3.8, will have stopped a while ago. Minimum is now 3.10 due to use of `A | B` type hints.
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# Support For Windows 7 in Elite Dangerous Market Connector
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# Support For Windows 7 & 8.1 in Elite Dangerous Market Connector
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## We do not support an OS that the manufacturer does not support
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This application is no longer supported on Windows 7.
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This application is not supported on Windows 7, due to supported Python
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versions not supporting that OS.
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We no longer actively support use on Windows 8.1, although the application
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might still function.
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Development of this application tends to track the latest stable release of
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Python as per https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ . For our 5.0.x
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series of releases we started using Python 3.9 which
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[no longer supports Windows 7](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-390/).
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The installer now also actively disallows installation on Windows 7. Python 3.9 is incompatible with this unsupported version of Windows.
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Pythoon 3.9 does still support Windows 8, 8.1 and all versions of 10. Windows
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11 is assumed to 'Just Work' where a release works on Windows 10.
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The installer now also actively disallows installation on Windows 7. Python 3.9
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is incompatible with this unsupported version of Windows.
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Python 3.9 and later does still support Windows 8, 8.1 and all versions of 10.
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Windows 11 is assumed to 'Just Work' where a release works on Windows 10.
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Trying to run either EDMarketConnector.exe or EDMC.exe (the command-line
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tool we provide) will result in an error like:
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## Options for running EDMarketConnector
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### Run from source
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Until we use any Python feature (such as forthcoming 'matches' in Python 3.10)
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that isn't supported in Python 3.8 versions,
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you can attempt to [run from source](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/wiki/Running-from-source)
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under Python 3.8, but we make no guarantees about this working now, or in
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the future.
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At that point you will either need to fork and apply workarounds, or accept
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that you can no longer run the latest version of ED Market Connector *and are
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stuck with any bugs that affect your use of the application*.
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Due to subsequent changes to the application source it will no longer
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function with Python 3.8 or 3.9.
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Use the latest 3.8 version from [python.org](https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/).
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You need the 32-bit version. **NB: As of Python 3.8.12 they no longer release
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windows installers/packages, so you would have to find a way to compile
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python from source in order to use the latest**.
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This is due to the
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[PEP-0602 policy](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0602/).
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*It really is in your best interests to be using Windows 10*.
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**WE OFFER ZERO SUPPORT FOR RUNNING ANYTHING BUT THE VERY LATEST VERSION OF
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THIS APPLICATION, ON A SUPPORTED OS, WITH A SUPPORTED PYTHON VERSION.**
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Certainly any bugfixes will only be applied to, at most, the latest release
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Major.Minor version and our current development branch (ready for a future
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Major or Minor increment).
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Do **NOT** attempt to simply run the last version that works under Python 3.8.
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Given application updates and changes since Windows 7 support
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ended you would be running a buggy and generally less useful application.
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For example, most EDDN Listeners will be ignoring any data that doesn't
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state the `gameversion` it comes from. You need to be running at least
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EDMarketConnector 5.6.0, and really do want to be using the latest version.
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### Attempt to install workaround DLLs
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Some people have reported success when utilising a workaround that installs
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