# Does DrRacket 8.7 start on Windows 7?

**URL:** <https://racket.discourse.group/t/does-drracket-8-7-start-on-windows-7/1637>\
**Category:** Internals\
**Created:** [January 14, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/does-drracket-8-7-start-on-windows-7/1637 "2023-01-14T15:59:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![shhyou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@shhyou](https://racket.discourse.group/u/shhyou)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/does-drracket-8-7-start-on-windows-7/1637/2 "2023-01-14T17:12:56Z")

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I found this thread but there's no answer

> [@Does Racket run on Windows 7?](https://racket.discourse.group/t/does-racket-run-on-windows-7/1351):
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> A user of ActivityLog2 reported that the application fails to run on Window7, and the application is built using Racket 8.6 CS. Since the application itself does not load additional DLLs except for what Racket libraries load, I suspect this is a problem with Racket itself, however I have no way to verify this. The racket download page at [Racket: Racket 8.6](https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/) indicates that "Windows 7 and up" is supported, but does anyone actually use Windows 7 and can confirm that DrRacket starts up OK? I can …

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