# Win 7 - Not Suported by NodeJS

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/win-7-not-suported-by-nodejs/59922>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [16 March 2022 10:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/win-7-not-suported-by-nodejs/59922 "2022-03-16T10:42:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Paul49](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul49)\
**Post date:** [16 March 2022 10:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/win-7-not-suported-by-nodejs/59922/1 "2022-03-16T10:42:45Z")

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Trying to Install on Win 7

[https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/windows](https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/windows)

This link indicates it should be possible get up and running on win 7. 🙂

First step. Installing NodeJS from the link provided. Download the .msi from the link on this page. Ok

Run it and it only runs in Win 8.1+

So all legacy Win 7 ... No node-red

Bugger.

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**Author:** ![edje11](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/edje11/32/572_2.png) [@edje11](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/edje11)\
**Post date:** [16 March 2022 11:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/win-7-not-suported-by-nodejs/59922/2 "2022-03-16T11:18:04Z")

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Support for Windows 7 ended on January 14, 2020 by Microsoft.

You can try installing nodejs version between 12.13.0 to 13.0.0, this should work according google.

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [16 March 2022 11:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/win-7-not-suported-by-nodejs/59922/3 "2022-03-16T11:27:53Z")

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There is a workaround - YMMV

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62212754/nodejs-for-windows-7/64626035#64626035>

BUT

The correct solution is "Windows 7 is dead" It should be dropped.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [16 March 2022 11:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/win-7-not-suported-by-nodejs/59922/4 "2022-03-16T11:28:04Z")

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Correct, the documentation needs updating.

If you are still using Windows 7 you are risking yourself and your information since it has been out of support for so long. If you can't upgrade to Windows 10, you might want to consider changing to a supported version of Linux.

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [16 March 2022 11:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/win-7-not-suported-by-nodejs/59922/5 "2022-03-16T11:47:22Z")

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If anyone wants to PR an update to the Windows docs to reflect what is current in/out of support, we would be very grateful.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [16 March 2022 11:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/win-7-not-suported-by-nodejs/59922/6 "2022-03-16T11:52:35Z")

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [15 May 2022 11:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/win-7-not-suported-by-nodejs/59922/7 "2022-05-15T11:52:36Z")

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