I cannot install "VCV Rack 2.6.2 release candidate. I get a message " Createfile2 not found in DLL "KERNEL32.DLL.
I am working under windows 7.
I googled and found at MS that I have to install windows 10. Is it now over to run Rack under win 7 or have I missed something?
The web site says 7+, so this could simply be an oversight (bug) in this pre-release.
Contact support@vcvrack.com and let them know that they broke Windows 7 compatibility.
Win7 is long out of support, so highly vulnerable if network-connected. All my old machines that are unsupported on Win 10/11 are now running linux.
And I bought a new computer to run win 10/11 when support for Win 7 went away. Win 7 was getting to be a problem anyway - there was some software I wanted to run that didn’t support Win 7.
Yeah, and soon (this year, 2025), Windows 10 will run out of support. Also forcing many users to upgrade (replace) their hardware.
Annoying, since most machines will technically keep functioning just fine in most common use cases, for many more years. And many more years when moving to a less demanding OS like Linux.
Anyway…
Panta Rei. Change is constant and such… We’ve been there before and will end up there again…and again…
Sure, using linux is something one can do if they don’t want to use a commercial OS like windows or macos.
As Paul says: contact support…So I did…
I am glad that the VCV Rack 2.6.2 has a bug. In other words, VCVrack will fix this problem in next release. And I’m glad that I don’t have to switch to another OS. My whole studio is built around Win7 and I cannot easily switch to another system. My applications don’t need updates. These applications are as they are.
Never touch a running system. I am surprised that there are no other people here with the same problem.
Of the 16 windows users that downloaded 2.6.2 chance is pretty slim they are using windows 7 
maybe 1 and that must be you.
Except for VCV? I understand your conundrum, but don’t understand your logic. At a certain point, VCV will fall into the category of (most? all?) your other software. Un-updatable.
I know quite a few people with old boxes and installs of Protools. Just keep that thing air-gapped until the next century!
I think you mean that it’s ok to run old un-updated operating systems, but not if you ever hook up to the Internet, right?
Yes. Varies from OS to OS and the software involved, of course.
I lost a hard drive a few years ago when I failed to check this and let my ‘Adobe box’ phone home. Very old (but paid for and legally installed) illustrator and photoshop instances which work perfectly fine for my needs. But it would throw a fit trying to communicate with Adobe.
Anyway, it somehow overwrote the master boot record and borked the whole drive. Lost a lot of data, sigh.
Hi Luca there is a new version 2.6.3. does this one work on Windows 7 (again) ?
He Peter.-.-.-
As the changelog says: 2.6.3 (2025-03-26) Fix failure to launch on Windows 7.
Works Fine this time, . This guys are great. Thanks @Erik to keep win7 alive
