# Lens donot support win7? **URL:** \ **Category:** Lens Support & Troubleshooting\ **Tags:** lens-desktop\ **Created:** [March 17, 2025, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/lens-donot-support-win7/5741 "2025-03-17T07:19:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zr5849373](https://forums.k8slens.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/d9b06d/32.png) [@zr5849373](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/zr5849373)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/lens-donot-support-win7/5741/1 "2025-03-17T07:19:30Z")
Hi 🙂 I have downloaded the latest Lens install package Lens Setup 2025.2.141554-latest.exe and installation is success. but when i double click the Lens icon, the error popup show that Lens.exe is not a valid Win32 application. please help assist in checking the problem. because i donot want to upgrade to win10 or win11. ![lens](https://discuss-k8slens-dev.s3.dualstack.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/8/892a6dac5b4adfef34db7086615a324a5c5be02a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![cvdlinden](https://forums.k8slens.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@cvdlinden](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/cvdlinden)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/lens-donot-support-win7/5741/2 "2025-03-17T10:17:38Z")
Hello @zr5849373 , Thank you for reaching out ! I have contacted our development team regarding your issue . ---
**Author:** ![jakolehm](https://forums.k8slens.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@jakolehm](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/jakolehm)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/lens-donot-support-win7/5741/3 "2025-03-17T12:49:33Z")
Lens Desktop is based on Electron which dropped support for Windows 7/8 over a year ago: [Farewell, Windows 7/8/8.1 | Electron](https://www.electronjs.org/blog/windows-7-to-8-1-deprecation-notice) .