Re: %! is not a valid Win32 application
ToddAndMargo <[email protected]>
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On 07/24/2017 11:11 AM, Daniel Miller wrote:
> Todd,
>
> The last version of Nmap that works on Windows XP is 7.12. The decision
> to drop XP support was not made lightly. In the end, we had to consider:
>
> * Lack of NDIS 6 support, meaning that Windows XP users can't use the
> new Npcap packet capture library with its increased speed and new features.
> * Newer socket management features like Poll and IOCP that make NSE and
> version detection much faster on newer Windows versions.
> * Microsoft support for WIndows XP ending April 2014.
> * Cost of testing and maintaining a code base across so many Windows API
> versions.
>
> Your options, then, are to run Nmap 7.12, build Nmap yourself for
> Windows XP, or use a supported OS. We will try to make it more clear
> during installation that Windows XP is not supported.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
Hi Dan,
Thank you!
I just downloaded 7.12 from
https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.12-setup.exe
I don't do much XP NMap work, but occasionally
I need it (mainly to see if ports are open
and such). So I will keep a copy of 7.12 next
to the latest version.
-T
>
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 12:25 AM, ToddAndMargo <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> Dear NMap Community,
>
> I installed
>
> https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.50-setup.exe
> <https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.50-setup.exe>
>
> on a Windows XP Pro SP3 machine. During the install, I
> got told that NDIS6 was not supported. I did not care
> as the machine was using NDIS5 drivers. The install
> completed normally.
>
> When I fired it up and ran
>
> nmap -p [port] --open -PN -sV -oG ssh_hosts [ip or network]
>
> (yes I made the substitutions in the brackets.)
>
> I got back:
>
> "%! is not a valid Win32 application"
>
> Any words of wisdom?
>
>
> Many thanks,
> -T
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