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Huh did I miss something? Was there an official announcement?

Thanks @win32 and you for responding to my matter. I also noticed that if you have a Chromium build below 5520 installed and attend to open a Chromium (zip) that has a higher build number, it will actually launch. However, not only the New Page- but also the Settings page won‘t open and Chromium will immediately crash. Is there any way in how to avoid those crashs? Same is obviously happening with Edge/Chrome and Opera also still not works in Dev Builds, although they stated that they will keep 7/8.1 Support up

I also want that Tool for Windows 8.1, since Google Chrome for example still works on Windows 8.1 but they implemented something in the latest builds, where the Browser instantly crashes when it it launched on 8.1. If there is a way to spoof Windows 10, Chrome/Chromium would still work. The --no-sandbox hack no longer works !

Use —no-sandbox on 8.1

So, Windows 7 ESU and 8.1 died today? Just kidding, I will sideload official, non-paid Server 2012 R2 Updates to my 8.1 machine till October 2023. Windows 7 ESU might have ended, but Pos Ready 7 is still up till October 2024. Another very interesting thing I read today was that Microsoft implemented Secure Boot into Windows 7 with it‘s last Security Patch. I wonder why they did that but does this mean I can now install Windows 7 on newer devices that doesn‘t support Legacy BIOS? source: ghacks.net/2023/01/10/microsoft-sneaks-secure-boot-support-into-windows-7-shortly-before-support-ends/?amp

I just noticed that Chromium put further effort into breaking compatibility with Windows 8.1 on v111. When you try to use any version higher than 111.0.5220 the mini installer will no longer install it, which means that you will need to download the Chrome/Chromium zip file in order to access it. The browser still works on 5521+ BUT I noticed that once you go into Settings, Chromium immediately closes and won't open again, no matter what you do, even with the --no-sandbox hack. Still no workaround, although browsing is still fine and so on but, as I said earlier, I think compatibility will be fully broken with the upcoming versions (112+)

Wait you got Office 2016 running on Vista?

Windows 8(.1) still supports the latest Chromium. There has just been a code/flag/etc. (idk) added that prevents Chromium 110+ to start on Windows 8. If you add a —no-sandbox to the properties however, you can use it normally again. Sadly, this does not apply to Windows 7, as they introduced Kernel functions only available in W8+ Since Windows 7 has a higher usage and impact, they surely wanted to make it completely broken on it, rather than on Windows 8, where they only added something preventing the program from starting up.

Off Topic: I just received an update on Office 365 on my Windows 8.1 machine and it's now running on Build 2302. I think we can assume that this will be the last feature drop for Windows 8.1, as Office Insider is already grayed out since 2301. I already received a few errors from the Installer when I tried installing it on a Clean 8.1 machine. They disappeared after updating the machine. Since there will be no Security Updates, like Windows 7 receives with 2002, I will try to look if newer versions (2303+) can be ported back to 8.1 in near future

Would be very pathetic from their side, since it‘s their own software. If they read our forums to find their mistakes, they‘re not good developers. Nonetheless, they can feel free to block that hack if they want to. There are many smart brains around here, like @win32 or you, who achieved to backport newer software to older OS

As Opera is not my main browser, I am not really surprised or shocked. I‘m still optimistic and stick to their words. I will wait and see if they really fix compatibility and if not, then I will „bombard“ them with e-mails

Yeah I tried v96 on 8.1 and it immediately crashes. With that sandbox hack it opens, gives an error and closes again

An Opera-developer made an announcement regarding the EOL of Windows 7/8.1. Quote: Hey, we are aware that Chrome is dropping support for Windows 7 and 8 but we wanted to keeping those platforms updated as long as it wouldn't require lot of additional maintenance from our side. We will look into this as it didn't show up on our earlier tests before release. For now we logged some GPU related crash on Windows 8 which is logged under DNA-104227 So, what they basically say is that even tho Chromium based browsers, like Edge and Chrome, dropped support for them, they will continue to port back newer Opera versions to Windows 7/8/8.1, as long as it doesn‘t reach a point, where they would have to put too much effort into it

Tried it out and it works on Chromium

I'll give it a try. Does it work on Spotify?

Great work!

Yeah I remember. I think they basically ignore Windows 8, since they didn't break compatibility. Right now the --no-sandbox method still works but they could introduce Windows 10+ dll's anytime

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The current version of Chromium 111 now shows the title bar of Windows 10 on Windows 8.1, just like other apps (e.g. Spotify). Could be an indicator that compatibility with 8.1 will also be broken in near future (hopefully not too near) or, as I said earlier, that they really dont care about Windows 8 (possible scenario)

Yeah that was already a very possible scenario years ago, since Windows 8 and 8.1 usage isn‘t as high as Windows 7. That‘s also the reason why they don‘t offer ESU for 8.1 devices. However, 8.1 is closer to 10 than 7, which makes some things easier to backport to 8.1 than to 7, just like it was the case with XP and Vista. Vista is obviously way more identical to 7 than XP, which made some things much easier

I think it was quite possible to get 2020 versions of Office 365 working on Windows 7, but those newer versions won‘t run on it (dll/api missing)

Ironically, to what was mentioned by Google and other users, Chromium has dropped support for Windows 7 and also updated their website, removing Windows 7 from their System Requirements list - BUT - left Windows 8 standing on that list. They also added Windows 11 now, so I‘m curious about why they didn‘t remove 8. They definitely acknowledged the —no-sandbox hack but maybe they don‘t care so much, until they really add api’s and dll‘s that will break compatibility with 8 too. Source: https://chromium.woolyss.com/download/de/

I just saw that Office v2301 is the last one for Windows 8.1 The Office Insider Button is grayed out just like in Windows 7, with the same nag message

As of now, the freshly released first Chromium 111 Build seems to work on Windows 8.1 with the —no-sandbox hack as well.

I would love to see a backport of some Windows 10 Apps for Windows 8.1, but even that will surely not happen (anytime soon). On Windows 8.1 even Netflix and Deezer won't work anymore, since they use IE11 to connect to their servers. If there was only a solution to switch it to Edge like Windows 10..