Re: OpenVPN v2.6.16 I001 on win7/64 SP1 - should GUI work?

Jan Just Keijser <[email protected]> Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:08:44 +0100
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hi,

OpenVPN 2.6 is not supported on Windows 7 at all , so I guess you were 
lucky that it worked up til v2.6.15 !
So, I would argue that the fact that v2.6.15 ran on Windows 7 was NOT 
intended behaviour ;)

cheers,

JJK

On 27/11/2025 13:51, NederlandsTaalStudent wrote:
> Hello!
> I've updated from v2.6.15 to v2.6.16 on my win7/64 SP1.
> The update instals without any error messages.
> However the GUI does not start - it reports a not-found DLL.
>
> Is this known and intended behaviour?
>
>

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    hi,<br>
    <br>
    OpenVPN 2.6 is not supported on Windows 7 at all , so I guess you
    were lucky that it worked up til v2.6.15 !<br>
    So, I would argue that the fact that v2.6.15 ran on Windows 7 was
    NOT intended behaviour ;)<br>
    <br>
    cheers,<br>
    <br>
    JJK<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27/11/2025 13:51,
      NederlandsTaalStudent wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Hello!
        <div>I've updated from v2.6.15 to v2.6.16 on my win7/64 SP1.</div>
        <div>The update instals without any error messages.</div>
        <div>However the GUI does not start - it reports a not-found
          DLL.</div>
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        <div>Is this known and intended behaviour?</div>
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