grepWin 2.1.11 is the last working version on Windows 7

Saturday, October 25, 2025

grepWin 2.1.11 is the last working version on Windows 7

I am a big fan of Stefan Küng's grepWin because of it's blazing fast speed and it's open source c++ code. Got confirmation on Github - 2.1.12 no longer runs on Windows 7 · Issue #563.

Version 2.1.11 is last working version on Windows 7.

You can download all the releases here - stefankueng/grepWin (github.com)

Latest Version 2.1.12 Issues

The new Version 2.1.12 (Sept 24, 2025) gives me the following error on Windows 7.

Specifically, running on the following hardware;

Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP 1 (6.1.7601.24546), Intel Core i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz * 4, 12GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 7, 10 2GB * 1, 1TB HD

Get this above one line summary here - SimpleSystemInfo-TheOneLiner-V2 (github.com) 👀

Tried portable editions (x86 & x64) did not work, they are supposed to be self-contained builds.

Mitigation

New, Version 2.1.12 gives me the following error on Windows 7.

Go the following popup error.

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grepWin.exe - System Error

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The program can't start because 
api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll is missing from 
your computer. Try reinstalling the program to 
fix this problem. 

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OK   

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Dependency Hell

I copied over the file from Windows 10, and then entire api-ms-win-*.dll then got Kernel.dll error. Got these dlls from ReactOS build env project.
Copied over kernel_vista.dll from win10.
Error in kernelbase.dll, copied from win10.

Problem Event Name:	APPCRASH
  Application Name:	grepWin_dependancy.exe
  Application Version:	2.1.12.1434
  Application Timestamp:	68d43315
  Fault Module Name:	KERNELBASE.dll
  Fault Module Version:	6.1.7601.24545
  Fault Module Timestamp:	5e0eb7f5
  Exception Code:	c06d007e
  Exception Offset:	0000c5af
  OS Version:	6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
  Locale ID:	1033
  Additional Information 1:	0a9e
  Additional Information 2:	0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
  Additional Information 3:	0a9e