[PB 6.20] New compiler option “Use shared UCRT”

[Little John]

Fred, is the new compiler option

[v] Use shared UCRT (Windows 10 and above)

only for use with the C-Backend, or does it also have an effect when compiling a program with the ASM-backend?

[Fred]

It works for both.

[Little John]

I see. Thank you for the information!

[BarryG]

If enabled, will my compiled exe still run on Win 7, or does it require Win 10 and later?

[Fred]

Win10 or above

[User_Russian]

Applications compiled in PB 6.2x, with option “Use shared UCRT”, work fine for me in Windows 7 x64.
In Windows 7, it was installed "VS 2015 - 2022 Redistributable" https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/w ... -vc-redist

[BarryG]

So the exe with UCRT should run fine on Win 7 without the user installing anything?

[Quin]

So the exe with UCRT should run fine on Win 7 without the user installing anything?

No, from the sound of it it'll work fine if they install the MSVC++ 2015-2022 runtimes, needed by many modern apps.

[BarryG]

Ah... oh well, I won't enable it then.

[bluefish]

My main system is running stock Windows 7 x64 SP1. No updates, none, zero. It is working perfectly for my use. Why change something that's not broken ? And it is so fast to boot and shutdown !

My next system in a few years will be Linux Mint. Thankfully Purebasic works there as well.