HQPlayer Desktop on Windows 7

Hi.

I know that HQPlayer Desktop does not support Windows 7.

But if anyone wants to venture into trying to make it work on Windows 7, Welcome to the topic.

I installed HQPlayer Desktop 4 on Windows 7 without any problems.

When I run the program, the error message appears:

The procedure entry point CreateDXGIFactory2 could not be located in the dynamic link library dxgi.dll.

It seems it's about the DirectX version, Windows 7 does not use DirectX version 12 (D3D12).

I tried using the dxvk and vkd3d-proton, programs that "convert" the DirectX to Vulkan, widely used in games, especially on Linux.

The dxvk is for D3D8, 9, 10 and 11 to Vulkan.

The vkd3d-proton is for D3D12 to Vulkan.

I extracted all the DLL files from dxvk and vkd3d-proton to the program's executable folder.

Now the error has changed: The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000005)

Is there a solution?

Thank you.

Not to derail the topic, but is there a reason why others should also be running Windows 7?

I don't know, maybe someone is using it.

There may be someone who likes a challenge and may want to try to help.

I don't know.

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