blender.exe is not a valid win32 application #41298

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Sanc Tuary · 2014-08-02T21:06:51+02:00

Sanc Tuary commented

2014-08-02 21:06:51 +02:00

System Information
winxp 32bits

Blender Version
Broken: blender-2.71-e7b396c-win32 (2 august) blender-2.71-3e607f6-win32 (1 august)
Worked: blender-2.71-939503a-win32 (29 july)

Short description of error
launch blender.exe
"blender.exe is not a valid win32 application"

**System Information** winxp 32bits **Blender Version** Broken: blender-2.71-e7b396c-win32 (2 august) blender-2.71-3e607f6-win32 (1 august) Worked: blender-2.71-939503a-win32 (29 july) **Short description of error** launch blender.exe "blender.exe is not a valid win32 application"

Sanc Tuary commented

2014-08-02 21:06:51 +02:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Sanc Tuary commented

2014-08-02 21:06:51 +02:00

Added subscriber: @sanctuary

Martijn Berger was assigned by Bastien Montagne

2014-08-02 21:10:26 +02:00

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-08-02 21:10:26 +02:00

Added subscriber: @mont29

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-08-02 21:10:26 +02:00

Martijn, think this is for you?

Martijn Berger commented

2014-08-02 21:53:27 +02:00

This is a result from switching to the new buildbot that lacks the vs120-xp toolchain. Ill try and fix this asap.

Sanc Tuary commented

2014-08-02 23:09:27 +02:00

Thank you.

Martijn Berger commented

2014-08-05 08:51:51 +02:00

This should be fixed in today's buildbot .
It works for me on windows XP 32bit.

This should be fixed in today's [buildbot ](https://builder.blender.org/download/blender-2.71-6b6ea04-win32.zip). It works for me on windows XP 32bit.

Sanc Tuary commented

2014-08-05 12:16:41 +02:00

I confirm, today's blender-2.71-6b6ea04-win32 works without a problem.
Thank you for your work

I confirm, today's blender-2.71-6b6ea04-win32 works without a problem. Thank you for your work

Martijn Berger commented

2014-08-05 12:38:29 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Martijn Berger closed this issue

2014-08-05 12:38:29 +02:00

Vehi Cros commented

2016-10-19 17:32:34 +02:00

Added subscriber: @vehicros

Vehi Cros commented

2016-10-19 17:32:34 +02:00

Hello
I have been having the same issue, Anything higher than Blender 276b will not run on my Windows XP install.

I really want to start using a newer version of Blender but I refuse to expose myself to the lack of privacy associated with windows 7 and newer.

please inform me if there is a solution

thank you Very much

Hello I have been having the same issue, Anything higher than Blender 276b will not run on my Windows XP install. I really want to start using a newer version of Blender but I refuse to expose myself to the lack of privacy associated with windows 7 and newer. please inform me if there is a solution thank you Very much

Bastien Montagne commented

2016-10-19 17:35:51 +02:00

Last version of Blender compatible with Windows XP is 2.76, so no wonder… We cannot support such an old and unmaintained OS anymore for modern Blender.

If you do not want to install a modern Windows OS, then switch to some Linux distribution…

Last version of Blender compatible with Windows XP is 2.76, so no wonder… We cannot support such an old and unmaintained OS anymore for modern Blender. If you do not want to install a modern Windows OS, then switch to some Linux distribution…

Aaron Carlisle commented

2016-10-19 17:36:32 +02:00

Added subscriber: @Blendify

Aaron Carlisle commented

2016-10-19 17:36:32 +02:00

@vehicros the compiler does not allow us to make functional builds for Windows XP anymore.
To solve your problem I would suggest moving to Linux.

@vehicros the compiler does not allow us to make functional builds for Windows XP anymore. To solve your problem I would suggest moving to Linux.

Alexi commented

2016-11-15 12:22:44 +01:00

Added subscriber: @Alexi

Alexi commented

2016-11-15 12:22:44 +01:00

We cannot support such an old and unmaintained OS anymore

You don't need to support OS, just put some efforts into making Blender to work in all Windows versions, preferably starting with NT 4.0 (yes, it's possible).
I don't believe there was a real need to "upgrade" compiler that was OK with XP. Anyways, you should be able to do it even with the latest compiler from MS - just get rid of "excessive" linking.
Probably. you can switch to some GPL compiler as well.
Unfortunately, "latest = greatest" is not true for MS products anymore :(
At least place a link to download 2.76b

> We cannot support such an old and unmaintained OS anymore You don't need to *support* OS, just put some efforts into making Blender to work in all Windows versions, preferably starting with NT 4.0 (yes, it's possible). I don't believe there was a *real* need to "upgrade" compiler that was OK with XP. Anyways, you should be able to do it even with the latest compiler from MS - just get rid of "excessive" linking. Probably. you can switch to some GPL compiler as well. Unfortunately, "latest = greatest" is not true for MS products anymore :( At least place a link to download 2.76b

Bastien Montagne commented

2016-11-15 13:44:54 +01:00

No it’s not possible, win XP has some very serious limitations that forced us to have a bunch of crappy hacks and exceptions in our code to work around it. There is no point in supporting a technology which is over 16 years old now, when we do not even support hardware from that time anymore. Supporting 10 years old hardware and OS is already much, much more than any other 3D package available. Blender is not the typical 'hello world' program that you may compile anywhere - by far.

Aaron Carlisle commented

2016-11-15 14:28:25 +01:00

Here is the download link for 2.76b http://download.blender.org/release/Blender2.76/

Vehi Cros commented

2016-11-15 15:35:06 +01:00

Thank you to those agree that Windows versions newer than XP are NOT necessarily better.
And please do not give up on us True Old Timers who still cling to XP, by having support for it.

Thank you to those agree that Windows versions newer than XP are NOT necessarily better. And please do not give up on us True Old Timers who still cling to XP, by having support for it.

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blender.exe is not a valid win32 application #41298