Native builds do not run under Windows XP even with WindowsXP target: calls D3D11 which is not supported on XP about red HOT 5 OPEN

this target should be dropped entirely if it isn't going to be supported.

I think this is the best option. Much as we want to support older OSs, they need a champion who uses them and can help contribute. We have to look forward, which is already hard enough.

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Note that the D3D API does work on Vista/Server 2008 with KB971644 installed, but the GetGestureInfo API that is automatically imported (whether used or not) by binaries compiled with the Windows target, is only available in Windows 7/Server 2008 R2+.

So in a sense, the current WindowsXP target flag is really the Windows Vista/Server 2008 target 😆

Honestly I don't think it makes a lot of sense that GUI view compiled programs import (i.e require) the GetGestureInfo API every time, so it may be good to change that in addition to removing the XP target. Many desktop programs targeting Windows 10+ never use that API (such as https://github.com/microsoft/winfile)

That would mean:

• removing the WindowsXP target flag/switch.
• The current Windows target would adopt the "XP" target backend, and the touch related GetGestureInfo would only be imported if needed by an imported library, or invoked explicitly.

This would be the most sensible change IMO: a baseline of working on NT6.0+ and also not automatically importing unused APIs.

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View module does not support any of the touch functions on Windows anyway, so I've no idea why it imports that :D

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this target should be dropped entirely if it isn't going to be supported.

I think this is the best option. Much as we want to support older OSs, they need a champion who uses them and can help contribute. We have to look forward, which is already hard enough.

If it is too much effort, drop it. If it is a small one, keep it as there are plenty of old industrial PC/Tablets/Notebooks wich still use XP.

But as by now, I would drop it. Lets concentrate the scarse resources to what matters.

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I cannot make XP runs on virtualbox 7. It should work on virtualbox 6, but I hesitate to downgrade it as it may brokes my existing VMs.

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