Last Version of Software for Windows 8.1

[yoltboy01]

Glad to see that Firefox 118 (Alpha 1) is working on Windows 8.1

[mina7601]

7 hours ago, yoltboy01 said:

Glad to see that Firefox 118 (Alpha 1) is working on Windows 8.1

Screenshot please, if possible. Thanks.

[yoltboy01]

3 hours ago, mina7601 said:

Screenshot please, if possible. Thanks.

https://imgur.com/a/cDGZ8eD

[yoltboy01]

Google has just released Drive v79 and it seems to be the last supported version available for Windows 8.1. They have stated this in their release notes (support.google.com/a/answer/7577057?hl=en). It's chromium underlayer is still based on Chromium 105. I think they will update the Chromium framework to v115 with the next update. 

Nonetheless, it will be worth trying to backport newer versions to 8.1, since newer Chromium versions technically work on W8.

[UCyborg]

Git for Windows on Windows 8/7 is going bye-bye, following Cygwin's and MSYS2's lead as there is dependency on MSYS2.

https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.41.0.windows.3

32-bit version is also being phased out.

Edited August 5, 2023 by UCyborg

[yoltboy01]

Happy to announce that Microsoft Office 365 (MS 365) v2309 is working on Windows 8.1

Support for 8.1 had been dropped in January with v2301/2302 (in some cases)

[Mike02]

On 7/14/2023 at 12:58 AM, yoltboy01 said:

So, new news:

- Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) v2308 works on Windows 8.1. Support had ended with v2301, roughly half a year ago (link below)

- Firefox 117 (latest Alpha) works flawlessly on Windows 8.1 (7 as well)

- Chrome 114 works, but 115 crashes for me (there are forks like Supermium or CatsXP that are based on 115 but I haven't tested them, so I cannot recommend them)

 

I am kind of surprised that Microsoft didn't implement functions that would break compatibility with Windows 8.1 yet. They probably don't care. Windows 7's

compatibility was broken after v2002 as far as I remember. 

 

imgur.com/a/FvieLQC

Even Firefox 117 works on windows 8.1. On Windows 7 I have not tested.
See the moded files there:
https://mega.nz/file/5MkDSTKD#NupHlxjsdGI__AjSotr5nexMbOqbDrXm7Rvldq_xsVo

Edited August 25, 2023 by Mike02

[yoltboy01]

15 hours ago, Mike02 said:

Even Firefox 117 beta 9 works on windows 8.1. On Windows 7 I have not tested.
See the moded files there:
https://mega.nz/file/8JcQ0TyJ#8Vi3VFD26lkjjQ8vA9OvSnyRMXtd-oAiUbSB8QNi3KQ

The final 117 will work as well. Even 118 alpha works on 8.1

[25495k]

On 8/20/2023 at 8:57 PM, Mike02 said:

Even Firefox 117 works on windows 8.1. On Windows 7 I have not tested.
See the moded files there:
https://mega.nz/file/MMMjlRRR#OSPPu_dO8kGLy-x13DmRIdH6jU5siqfTmLxhfVNSEHQ

On windows 7, it doesn't work, crashes immediately at startup.

 

[yoltboy01]

Google had ended Drive support for Windows 8, 8.1 and Server 2012 with version 79 last month. They just dropped v80 and (I guessed it) it works on Windows 8.1 (x64)

 

imgur.com/a/1YVGp57

[yoltboy01]

Firefox 119 (a1) working on Windows 8.1

 

imgur.com/a/pP2se64

[yoltboy01]

I also tested Opera 102 (based on Chromium 116) and it also works on Windows 8.1 (will share a screenshot later).

What I don't quite understand is how Opera, a Chromium based browser, can still work on W8, when the source Chromium browser doesn't even start up anymore. Same goes for Chrome and Edge btw. I'm not complaining tho, I am just curious.

[Cockatiel]

On 8/1/2023 at 3:48 PM, yoltboy01 said:

Glad to see that Firefox 118 (Alpha 1) is working on Windows 8.1

Firefox 118 beta 2 even works on Windows 8.0 (I will post later the guide how to make it work) 

Edited August 30, 2023 by Cockatiel

[yoltboy01]

3 hours ago, Cockatiel said:

Firefox 118 beta 2 even works on Windows 8.0 (I will post later the guide how to make it work) 

Yup. 119 does too

[D.Draker]

On 8/30/2023 at 2:00 PM, yoltboy01 said:

I also tested Opera 102 (based on Chromium 116) and it also works on Windows 8.1 (will share a screenshot later).

What I don't quite understand is how Opera, a Chromium based browser, can still work on W8, when the source Chromium browser doesn't even start up anymore. Same goes for Chrome and Edge btw. I'm not complaining tho, I am just curious.

Because Opera is Chinese (for about a decade now), and as far as I see it, they aren't concerned about any older OS in particular, it's rather because the Chinese are just slow at advancing it. But in this case it works in your favour.