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Old 07-03-2022, 06:51 PM   #1
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Updates for Windows 7 Users?
I see on the download page, a message stating that Windows 7 / Vista users should use an older version of Calibre.

Will newer versions of Calibre fail on those operating systems?
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Old 07-03-2022, 07:06 PM   #2
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The issue is that of video drivers and the QT framework that calibre is built upon not working well together.

I believe some people have had success installing calibre portable but your milage might vary.

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Old 07-15-2022, 06:54 AM   #3
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I see on the download page, a message stating that Windows 7 / Vista users should use an older version of Calibre.

Will newer versions of Calibre fail on those operating systems?
You can try the Calibre 6 portable version. But you will need to be running a 64-bit Windows as Qt6 is 64-bit only.
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Old 07-16-2022, 11:45 AM   #4
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You had my hopes up, but the portable installer doesn't allow it. It throws an error message:

"Your version of Windows is tool old. calibre requires Windows 10 or greater."

Is there a way around that?
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Old 07-16-2022, 02:04 PM   #5
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You had my hopes up, but the portable installer doesn't allow it. It throws an error message:

"Your version of Windows is tool old. calibre requires Windows 10 or greater."

Is there a way around that?
Calibre 6 will not work on Windows 7 or Windows 8 because Qt6 does not support both operation systems. Also, Qt6 is 64-bit only.
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Old 07-16-2022, 10:46 PM   #6
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You had my hopes up, but the portable installer doesn't allow it. It throws an error message:

"Your version of Windows is tool old. calibre requires Windows 10 or greater."

Is there a way around that?
Try the portable version.
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Try the portable version.
He did.
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Oops, I misread "portable installer" as "installer."
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