Node: installer does not run on vista x32 pae amd

Created on 23 Jun 2016 · 3Comments · Source: nodejs/node

Version:6.22
Platform:vista x32 pae amd
Subsystem:windows

installer won't run on anything but windows 7 and above. does this have to do with your manifest file if any? why don't you RequestExecutionLevel Administrator in the installer? know that %programfiles% is protected by windows and so are other directories like \

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jmichae3

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This is intentional. Support for Vista and older was dropped with node v6.0.0. If you want support for those older operating systems, you will need to install node v5.x or older (you will probably want node v4.x since it is an LTS and will be supported longer).

mscdex on 23 Jun 2016

4.7.2 for those unfortunate souls who happen to run into This application is only supported on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, or higher. error.

techtonik on 20 Jan 2017

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Interestingly, on XP x64 (which is not XP but a desktop version of Server 2003 marketed as XP) the error is different. It's about ConvertInterfaceIndexToLuid not found.

I found it the hard way by copying new node binary. See https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/338 for how exactly the error looks like. Also note that the last 4.x release is 4.9.1 now released on 29-Mar-2018.

Incidentally, libuv 2.15.x is the last one supporting WinXP as per the linked issue, and this is the same version used by node 4.9.1. There is also a more direct link to the latest 4.x:

https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v4.x/