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niel_orvyn1
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Error running Power Bi on Win7 machines

Hi   Getting an error when running power on win7 machines.   It installs fine but when we run it we get the below. We have tried older versions from 2020 as it is supposed to work. There are win7...
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negi007
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5 years ago

niel_orvyn1 

 

As per the last update on power bi, it may not support Windows 7 anymore. read below for more details

 

Windows 7 Deprecation

If you’re a Windows 7 user, it’s important to note that Power BI Desktop stopped supporting Windows 7 on January 31st, 2021. Power BI Desktop is now only supported on Windows 8.1 or newer versions of Windows, and as always for only the newest release of Power BI Desktop.

 

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-march-2021-feature-summary/#post-14033-_Toc65500423

 

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-march-2021-feature-summary/