Windows (operating system)#
Windows is a family of operating systems developed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1985 and has since become the most popular desktop operating system worldwide, with a market share of about 70%. The latest version for consumer PCs and tablets is Windows 11, while certain older versions are still supported and maintained by Microsoft.
Windows XP support#
- If ucrtbase.dll is missing, download and place it next to folder where it is missing.
- Compatibility with modern C++ (MSVC v143+ C++20 standard or newer) is provided by YY_Thunks project (span, concepts).
- aui.boot relies over v141_xp toolset and cl.exe compiler with UCRT runtime by VC-LTL5, that are specified by winxp-x86.cmake cmake toolchain file.
- google/benchmark is removed, as v141_xp toolset was unable to build that dependency, because
#include <versionhelpers.h>is missing. - Windows XP support lower bound is SP2, as SP1 is not supported.
- In order to bring your own dependencies you would need to use /MT /MTd MSVC runtime and acquire UCRT runtime by VC-LTL5.
- If you are searching for v141_xp toolset download link take a look here https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vs_buildtools.exe.
Key considerations#
- You'll need to make an installer and potentially a portable package with auto updating to distribute your application despite Windows offers an "official" software repository
- Windows is the only system that is not Unix-like, despite it provides POSIX-compliant APIs
- You might need to sign your executables, otherwise Windows would probably treat your application as a virus and make launching your executables a lot harder