Run on windows 8.1

[Maik Qualmann]

For the digiKam Qt5 version you can try to start it with software OpenGL.

Set the following entry in the file "C:\Users\%USERNAME%
\AppData\Local\digikam_systemrc" to "true".

[System]
softwareOpenGL=true

Maik

Am Freitag, 29. November 2024, 15:39:36 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieb 
Gilles Caulier:
> Hi,
> 
> digiKam for Windows is compiled with VCPKG under Windows 10 with a binary
> compatibility limited to Windows 10.
> 
> Best
> 
> Gilles Caulier
> 
> Le ven. 29 nov. 2024 à 15:34, kudinov alexander <kudin0v at yandex.ru> a
> 
> écrit :
> > Hello, I'm trying to run the latest release 8.5.0 on Windows 8.1. There
> > are 2 installation packages: for QT5 and QT6. The last one is not running
> > at all. It require some library. Unfortunately I didn't take screenshot.
> > The version with QT5 was installed, some initial configuration was passed.
> > After that Digikam runs and open white window without any menu or content.
> > Is there any suggestion how to get it work? Is it possible at al?
> > 
> > --
> > Alexander