Re: octave 5.1.0.0 32 bit doesn't run on Windows XP

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

----- Original Message -----
>From: Nicholas Jankowski 
>To: Markus Mützel < 
>Cc: Help GNU Octave <address@hidden>; Игорь Дворцов 
>Date: 2019/3/23, Sat 02:01
>Subject: Re: octave 5.1.0.0 32 bit doesn't run on Windows XP
> 
>
>On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 12:06 PM "Markus Mützel"  wrote:
>
>On 22 Mar 2019 12:57:38 +0300 Игорь Дворцов wrote:
>>> The program doesn't run on Windows XP with the error message - entry point 
>>> RegGetValueW not found in advapi32.dll
>>> 
>>> The googling gives the solution: 
>>> https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/910a0e22-42bf-437d-8f5b-0162cc691f89/the-procedure-entry-point-reggetvaluea-could-not-be-located-in-advapi32dll?forum=vcgeneral
>>> 
>>> In short, RegGetValueW is only available in 64-bit version of advapi32.dll. 
>>> They recommend using RegQueryValueEx instead.
>>
>>Octave no longer runs on Windows XP.
>>Please see also bug #54662:
>>https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?54662
>>
>>Newer systems are not affected.
>>
>
>
>ok, so to be clear, if it's indeed just a 32bit WinXP issue, not a general 
>32bit Windows issue.  In that case, it appears that this is an issue that 
>won't be fixed.
>


I installed octave-5.1.0-w32 to Windows 10 32bit.
That works fine.

Tatsuro