Is Windows XP yet supported?

xabih · October 18, 2016, 7:21am

I’m trying to run Syncthing on an old Windows XP SP3 but I get “syncthing.exe encountered a problem and needs to close”

I’m using syncthing-windows-386-v0.14.8.zip and I check that the exe is not corrupted, so is Windows XP not yet supported by Syncthing?

Thanks.

calmh · October 18, 2016, 7:43am

It used to work on XP at some point.

AudriusButkevicius · October 18, 2016, 9:57am

Also “yet supported” is probably the wrong term here, it should probably be “no longer supported” as the OS is not supported by the vendor itself, so I think it’s about time we kill the dinosours.

dinosore · October 20, 2016, 1:38pm

Yo can’t spell dinosaur either! :

calmh · October 20, 2016, 1:40pm

I’m sure it wasn’t intended as a threat.

petef · October 20, 2016, 2:20pm

I’ve been using ST on Windows XP (and Android) for a long time. Currently on v.0.14.6 which hasn’t updated yet (normally updates automatically). The only problem I have encountered is the non-propagation of deleted files, which seems to be a common problem on all platforms. I would be very upset if ST ceased to be compatible with XP, as I use that device as a repo etc for LAN.

calmh · October 20, 2016, 2:43pm

I’ve never heard of this problem. Is there a ticket for it?

petef · October 20, 2016, 2:58pm

I have reported this problem on Android, and there are several Google Play Store reviews which mention this issue. I will start a new thread to raise the problem.