Topic: VS18 not running on Windows 7

[jmweb]

Is there a VS17 version available?

On the download page, it states that the binaries "Runs on: 7 SP1, Vista SP2, 8/8.1, 10, 11 Server 2008 SP2 / R2 SP1, Server 2012 / R2, Server 2016/2019/2022/2025."

Unfortunately, VS18 cannot be installed for Win 7.

[admin]

Have no VS17 development anymore.

You get a warning or error ?

Note from MS:

As of May 2026, Windows 7 is no longer supported by Microsoft, and official support for modern development tools like Visual Studio 2022 (v17.7+) has dropped Windows 7.

[jmweb]

I really need a VS17 version and I am willing to pay for it. I need a few months to work on upgrading my OS to be VS18 compatible.

[admin]

Please answer :

Does Apache starts ?
Do you get errors or warnings and when ?

Are there more users, please reply

[jmweb]

Thanks for being interested in helping.

My issue is that I am unable to install VS18 -BB full stop. I have not attempted to run 2.4.67 because of this fact. Should I try to run 2.4.67 compiled with VS18 on a VS17 installed machine?

[jmweb]

I installed VS18 2.4.67 on my VS17 box. Apache appears to be running without issues.

Is this configuration reliable or is it only a matter of time until it crashes?

[admin]

Is the VS17 box an win7 ?

[jmweb]

Yes, the VS17 box is a Win 7 machine.

Apache 2.4.67 (VS18) seems to be running without issues on my Windows 7 VS17 machine. I just hit my server several thousand times and it did not crash.

I suppose it is stable? But, I would very much prefer a VS17 build if possible. I am willing to pay via paypal.

[tangent]

The Apache VS18 build will be looking for vcruntime140.dll (and related DLLs), so you will need an appropriate Visual C++ Redistributable package installed before it will run.

For you I believe the issue here is since Microsoft dropped support for Windows 7, they've updated their recent Visual C++ Redistributables to no longer install on that OS.

Trying assorted redistributable package downloads on a test VM instance of Windows 7 Pro (64 bit), I get the following:

https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe - V14.29 installs ok - Apache runs fine
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe - V14.44 installs ok - Apache runs fine
https://aka.ms/vs/18/release/vc_redist.x64.exe - V14.51 fails to install - Apache fails to run

So it looks like recent VS18 vc_redist installers (>= V14.50) are the problem.

The fact you've managed to install Visual Studio 18 on your Windows 7 platform, thus giving you a working vcruntime140.dll, rather confirms Microsoft haven't got round to blocking that installation yet.

I wouldn't expect there to be any specific stability issues, compared to other OS platforms. However, with VS18 installed, you'll obviously have a large number of additional files hanging around.

Either way, this workaround means there's no need for a specific VS17 build of Apache 2.4.67 from the Apache Lounge.

[jmweb]

You have described my scenario exactly. Previous VS17 runtime installations on my Win 7 box contained the .dll files that httpd v2.4.67 (compiled with VS18) looks for. I will make it a priority to upgrade my OS since I may not be this lucky next time.

Thanks!

[admin]

Thanks @tangent.

There is no VS17 build needed.