Electrum 4.2.0 not supporting Windows 7 - page 2.

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Quote from: Charles-Tim on March 24, 2022, 04:00:47 PM

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Maybe that update I got the error

Quote from: Chikito on March 24, 2022, 02:42:36 AM

Usually, that problem can be fixed after installing VC_redist x86, but I got the same error after installing it. But no problem, it's just my experiment on my old PC.

Quote from: coupable on March 24, 2022, 04:25:09 PM

2. An old laptop i use since 2019 as a cold storage. The device has windows 7 installed but never updated and an old version of electrum (can't remember the version). Should i upgrade Electrum if i want to keep using the same laptop without upgrading the OS version?

If I were you I will upgrade electrum before 4.2.0, which means the 4.1.5 version.
Or If you have more hard disk space, make a Linux beside windows 7 (dual boots). then move all wallets to the new OS, and you will also be available to upgrade all versions of electrum 4.2.0 and 4.2.1 without worry.

Tails OS is the solution also.

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Quote from: coupable on March 24, 2022, 04:25:09 PM

1. I have an old cell phone i bought it on 2019. I installed electrum at that time and didn't update it since then (can't tell if the updates was done automatically) and then i left that cell phone since 2020. Last January i re-opened Electrum in that mobile , i found that i am not able to create a new seed (i have already three previous wallets). Anyone has an explanation?

What version are you using? You can find Electrum version by clicking on the three horizental dots on the top right corner then clicking on About.
What error message do you get when you try to create a new wallet and are you able to load your old wallets?

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2. An old laptop i use since 2019 as a cold storage. The device has windows 7 installed but never updated and an old version of electrum (can't remember the version). Should i upgrade Electrum if i want to keep using the same laptop without upgrading the OS version?

No, don't do that. The latest versions of Electrum 4.2.0 and 4.2.1 will not work on windows7

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Quote from: coupable on March 24, 2022, 04:25:09 PM

I can understand your concern here because almost most of users are using windows over other OSs for the reasons we all know. Thank you for sharing the info.
Based on what you mentioned, i have two questions :
1. I have an old cell phone i bought it on 2019. I installed electrum at that time and didn't update it since then (can't tell if the updates was done automatically) and then i left that cell phone since 2020. Last January i re-opened Electrum in that mobile , i found that i am not able to create a new seed (i have already three previous wallets). Anyone has an explanation?
2. An old laptop i use since 2019 as a cold storage. The device has windows 7 installed but never updated and an old version of electrum (can't remember the version). Should i upgrade Electrum if i want to keep using the same laptop without upgrading the OS version?

If you bought your phone year 2019 you will need to upgrade the Electrum app your Electrum version might be lower than 3.3.4 it is no longer supported due to vulnerability to phishing attacks. Unless you installed a higher version than 3.3.4 it should be work fine but if it can't able to create a new seed you might need to reinstall the Electrum app make sure you have a backup seed phrase to recover your old wallet.
You can download the same version here https://download.electrum.org/ or download the latest one if you don't want to connect it to the internet you can use an SD card to transfer the downloaded Electrum apk from PC to your phone.

About your 2nd question if it's cold storage you don't need to upgrade it will work just fine.

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Quote from: coupable on March 24, 2022, 04:25:09 PM

1. I have an old cell phone i bought it on 2019. I installed electrum at that time and didn't update it since then (can't tell if the updates was done automatically) and then i left that cell phone since 2020. Last January i re-opened Electrum in that mobile , i found that i am not able to create a new seed (i have already three previous wallets). Anyone has an explanation?

Check where you backup your seed phrases, make sure they are correct. Delete, reinstall Electrum and import your seed phrases. Probably this should work.

Quote from: coupable on March 24, 2022, 04:25:09 PM

2. An old laptop i use since 2019 as a cold storage. The device has windows 7 installed but never updated and an old version of electrum (can't remember the version). Should i upgrade Electrum if i want to keep using the same laptop without upgrading the OS version?

Windows 7 would still support Electrum version 4.1.5, but won't support version 4.2.0 which is the latest Electrum version.

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Quote from: Charles-Tim on March 24, 2022, 04:00:47 PM

Not that I am recommenimg Windows, it is close source, a reason some bitcoin enthusiasts may not use it. But for just Windows users to know about this before updating their Electrum wallet to version 4.2.0

I can understand your concern here because almost most of users are using windows over other OSs for the reasons we all know. Thank you for sharing the info.
Based on what you mentioned, i have two questions :
1. I have an old cell phone i bought it on 2019. I installed electrum at that time and didn't update it since then (can't tell if the updates was done automatically) and then i left that cell phone since 2020. Last January i re-opened Electrum in that mobile , i found that i am not able to create a new seed (i have already three previous wallets). Anyone has an explanation?
2. An old laptop i use since 2019 as a cold storage. The device has windows 7 installed but never updated and an old version of electrum (can't remember the version). Should i upgrade Electrum if i want to keep using the same laptop without upgrading the OS version?

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To be sincere, I am surprised that some people have not upgraded their Windows OS since many years ago, from Windows 7. First, Windows ended support for Windows 7 since January 2020. Which means for the safety of device, Windows users need to have upgraded to a version Windows are still releasing updates for. Also support for Windows 8 ended since 2016. Using such outdated OS makes your PC to be vulnerable to online attacks. Best to use the latest version of OS.

There has been several complaints on this forum from Windows 7 users when Electrum version 4.2.0 was released, about error after updating to Electrum version 4.2.0. This is a release note about incompatibility of Windows 7 with Electrum 4.2.0.

https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES

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Windows: we are dropping support for Windows 7. (#7728)
     Version 4.2.0 already unintentionally broke compatibility with
     Win7 and there is no easy way to restore and maintain support.
     Existing users can keep using version 4.1.5 for now, but should
     consider upgrading or changing their OS.
     Win8.1 still works but only Win10 is regularly tested.
   - bump bundled Python version (win, mac, appimage) to 3.9.11,
     (android) to 3.8.13 (1bb7ef92, #7721)
     (note these include a fix to an openssl DOS-vector CVE-2022-0778)
   - windows: bump pyinstaller to 4.10 and wine to 7.0 (#7721)

I posted this on this thread for more people to see this before deciding to updrage to Electrum version 4.2.0. If you are not using Windows 8.1, 10, 10 Pro or 11. Consider to upgrade your Windows OS, or use any other lastest desktop OS Electrum is supporting

Not that I am recommenimg Windows, it is close source, a reason some bitcoin enthusiasts may not use it. But for just Windows users to know about this before updating their Electrum wallet to version 4.2.0

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