[issue41412] After installation on Windows7, 64bit Python 3.9.0b5 reports "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll" missing and doesn't start

Steve Dower added the comment: Works great! (By which I mean, doesn't work at all ;) ) -- resolution: -> fixed stage: commit review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue41412] After installation on Windows7, 64bit Python 3.9.0b5 reports "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll" missing and doesn't start

Łukasz Langa added the comment: "Leaving this open until we can validate on the next release". You should be able to do it now, Steve. -- nosy: +lukasz.langa ___ Python tracker

[issue41412] After installation on Windows7, 64bit Python 3.9.0b5 reports "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll" missing and doesn't start

Steve Dower added the comment: Leaving this open until we can validate on the next release. I don't have convenient access to old versions of Windows anymore (and don't have time to deal with inconvenient access this week). -- priority: release blocker -> deferred blocker stage:

[issue41412] After installation on Windows7, 64bit Python 3.9.0b5 reports "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll" missing and doesn't start

miss-islington added the comment: New changeset 95cc37f6b8e895a5042e2a10e5d9026429e06342 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.9': bpo-41412 and bpo-40948: Windows installer updates (GH-21656) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/95cc37f6b8e895a5042e2a10e5d9026429e06342 --

[issue41412] After installation on Windows7, 64bit Python 3.9.0b5 reports "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll" missing and doesn't start

Steve Dower added the comment: New changeset 37a06cbe5c17c2aa6ad938339fd42531a8a0bea0 by Steve Dower in branch 'master': bpo-41412 and bpo-40948: Windows installer updates (GH-21656) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/37a06cbe5c17c2aa6ad938339fd42531a8a0bea0 --

[issue41412] After installation on Windows7, 64bit Python 3.9.0b5 reports "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll" missing and doesn't start

Change by miss-islington : -- nosy: +miss-islington nosy_count: 6.0 -> 7.0 pull_requests: +20807 pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21661 ___ Python tracker

[issue41412] After installation on Windows7, 64bit Python 3.9.0b5 reports "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll" missing and doesn't start

Change by Steve Dower : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +20799 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21656 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue41412] After installation on Windows7, 64bit Python 3.9.0b5 reports "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll" missing and doesn't start

Steve Dower added the comment: I thought we already made it fail? (Checks) No we did not. Guess I misremembered that. I'll fix this tomorrow. We need it, or else we'll be inundated with these reports for the entire life of 3.9. -- assignee: -> steve.dower priority: normal ->

[issue41412] After installation on Windows7, 64bit Python 3.9.0b5 reports "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll" missing and doesn't start

Eryk Sun added the comment: > running python.exe results in an error message popup which tells me ... > that the "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll" is missing on the computer. > I googled for it and it seems that this dll is not a part of Windows 7. Microsoft ended extended support for

[issue41412] After installation on Windows7, 64bit Python 3.9.0b5 reports "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll" missing and doesn't start

Martin Borus added the comment: Changed "component" from "resource" to "crash" because it seems to fit better. -- type: resource usage -> crash ___ Python tracker ___

[issue41412] After installation on Windows7, 64bit Python 3.9.0b5 reports "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll" missing and doesn't start

New submission from Martin Borus : I just installed Python 3.9.0b5 using the provided beta installer python-3.9.0b5-amd64 on a Windows7, 64bit machine. I did the installation without the Py Launcher update, into the folder "c:\python39" The installer finished without problem. Running