Windows refuses to run Subsurface

[Benjamin]

Isn't there something in Windows 10 where you can say that you only want to
run stuff from the Windows store?
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3175639/microsoft-windows/microsoft-adds-store-app-only-restriction-as-option-in-windows-10.html

Sorry for any clickbait from that link.

Benjamin

On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 at 00:31, Lubomir I. Ivanov <neolit123 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 15 July 2018 at 21:31, Robert Helling <helling at atdotde.de> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > today, I was diving (yay!) with a new dive buddy who wasn’t aware of the
> many great features of Subsurface. So I could convince her to try it out
> but her Windows refuses to run it with an error message
> >
> >
> > that indicates some compatibility problem (thats what you get when you
> google the error message). Has anybody else seen this?
> >
> > I should mention she is a programmer with Qt experience and wasn’t too
> reluctant to contribute…
> >
>
> the subsystem responsible for running 32bit apps on 64bit Windows is
> called WoW64 and it's installed by default on modern versions.
> if WoW64 is not working there is something quite wrong with this OS setup.
>
> other possible causes:
> - the quality of the screenshot is not very good, but if that right there
> on the Desktop is the Subsurface installer, it does not have an icon, which
> could be caused by a partial download - try downloading the installer again?
> - antivirus software can block the installer - try disabling any AV
> temporarily?
>
> lubomir
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