Node.js 14.x supported on windows 8.1 and above?

[gruber123]

I'm on windows 7 only and not mean to set windows 8.1
It's pity for installation package goes on windows 8 and above only.
Version 13.x still was supported on Windows 7

[mscdex]

Can you explain a bit more? Do you get an error message? If so, what is it? If not, what behavior are you experiencing?

[richardlau]

This is intentional, see #31954.

[bzoz]

Sorry, Windows 7 reached its EOL and we no longer support it. The last Node version tested on Win7 is 13.6.0.

[gruber123]

I have version 13.13.0 and it's working on windows

New version 14.0.0 says: (node --version) this program can be run only on windows 8.1 and ....

[xCykrix]

@eladkarako thank you for the wonderful instructions!

EDIT: Didn't have it on hand as I was on mobile, but we have landed commits from #33176 in master that will allow this check to be bypassed. Though the MSI thing will likely be very helpful in the future as I do not believe the MSI installer has been unrestricted in the landed commits.

Also please note that this was not only built into the MSI but the node.exe runtime all itself. 🙂

[Chesvin1]

@eladkarako thanks!
In case anyone has problems, this version of node should work fine for Windows 7 if you follow all the great instructions @eladkarako provided. https://nodejs.org/dist/v14.15.1/node-v14.15.1-win-x64.zip

[JavidNoshadi]

i couldn't do it. i had to download ver 13.14.0

[Astara]

It doesn't sound like actual support is checked for -- those purchasing extended support for Win7 are supported through 2023.

[TheGemDev]

I solved this by installing the latest version which is compatible with windows 8. (12.13.0).
It creates a nodejs folder containing all the files :)

download the windows binary(.zip) and extract it to the nodejs folder.

after that, I tried node -v and

at the moment that the latest nodejs LTS version.

I hope this helps 😄

[miladtsx]

I've downloaded this version (14.15) and set NODE_SKIP_PLATFORM_CHECK=1 in windows 7 environment variables; now its working but it says:

Node.js is only supported on Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, or higher.
Setting the NODE_SKIP_PLATFORM_CHECK environment variable to 1 skips this
check, but Node.js might not execute correctly. Any issues encountered on
unsupported platforms will not be fixed