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Add support for windows XP 64bit

Exodus throws many DLL errors for XP-64 users (specifically, dwmapi.dll). Maybe dll dependencies could be listed so we can download the necessary ones so it will run.

Aditya Mokkarala , 04.12.2013, 14:13
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Nemesis1207, 01.05.2015
We now rely on several features of the win32 API which are only included in Windows Vista or later, and Windows XP 64-bit is effectively dead today, with very few users.
Idea status: rejected

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R.F, 03.07.2014, 12:10
This is an issue I'd like to see resolved but it will, unfortunately, not be a user side fix of just downloading things. Even if you feed it a dwmapi it can use you'll find isthreaddesktopcomposited procedure entry point unable to be located.
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Nemesis1207, 03.07.2014, 13:09
Once I release the source it'll be easy to generate a Windows XP build for 32 or 64 bit. For most of the development life of this emulator I was actually using a Windows XP machine myself. All system dependencies are highly contained, to the level that porting this emulator to another platform like linux should be fairly straightforward.

I'm also considering making an official 32-bit release, and ensuring Windows XP compatibility. It won't add too much burden, and I'm not dependent on any OS features that aren't present in XP. It only isn't supported right now because I initially made the decision to do a 64-bit release only, and that was mainly to avoid having to answer questions about performance from people running on a Pentium 4 or the like, I don't need 64-bit support either.
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