[chirp_users] Chirp will not install

[John Wuest]

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Dan - This is the error when trying to install today's next on a 32 bit Win
10 system.

On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 9:33 AM Dan Smith via chirp_users <
chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

> > the 32 bit zip file works all the time for me, and doesn't need to be
> installed. Just unzip and run.
>
> Since this has come up a few times now and people are quite confused, I
> just wanted to clarify:
>
> There is *no* 32-bit Windows version of CHIRP-next, and there hasn't been
> since we started at the beginning of the year. The zip file is named
> "win32" because that is what a lot of non-Windows people (i.e. me) have
> called the platform for decades. However, that's not proper terminology for
> 64-bit windows and what was inside that zip file is a 64-bit (only) binary.
> You can see it from task manager:
>
>
>
> I've fixed that in today's build so it's now properly referred to as
> "win64".
>
> Today's installer should also run on 32-bit machines and tell the user in
> no uncertain terms that 64-bit is required (if anyone has a 32-bit system
> around to help confirm, I'd appreciate it). It also checks the OS version
> and makes sure you're running windows 10 or later to avoid installing it
> only to find it won't run.
>
> Hopefully that will clarify things a bit for the future!
>
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