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DiapDealer · 11-01-2016, 06:14 PM

It's being discussed in the 0.9.7 Release thread.

The short answer is: while Sigil itself is perfectly compatible with all versions of Windows 7, the 2015 VC++ runtime (on which Sigil depends) that's being distributed with Sigil requires Windows 7 to have Service Pack 1 installed.

You can uninstall Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64) - 14.0.24210 from Add/Remove Programs (if it appears there) and download and install a version of the 2015 VC++ runtime from Microsoft that works without SP1 (if one even exists--I'm beginning to suspect not) and see if that fixes the problem. Or ...

Make sure both Sigil and the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64) - 14.0.24210 are uninstalled, install SP1 for Windows 7 and try the standard Sigil installer again.

My apologies for this. I had no idea the 2015 VC++ Runtime required SP1 (nor predicted that there would be very many people who did not have SP1 already installed).

I really despise Microsoft sometimes.

11-01-2016, 06:14 PM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,620 Karma: 204624552 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	It's being discussed in the 0.9.7 Release thread. The short answer is: while Sigil itself is perfectly compatible with all versions of Windows 7, the 2015 VC++ runtime (on which Sigil depends) that's being distributed with Sigil requires Windows 7 to have Service Pack 1 installed. You can uninstall Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64) - 14.0.24210 from Add/Remove Programs (if it appears there) and download and install a version of the 2015 VC++ runtime from Microsoft that works without SP1 (if one even exists--I'm beginning to suspect not) and see if that fixes the problem. Or ... Make sure both Sigil and the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64) - 14.0.24210 are uninstalled, install SP1 for Windows 7 and try the standard Sigil installer again. My apologies for this. I had no idea the 2015 VC++ Runtime required SP1 (nor predicted that there would be very many people who did not have SP1 already installed). I really despise Microsoft sometimes.