Does the installer check if the Win7 platform is still supported through Microsoft's extended support that is sold through the end of 2023?

@Astara I don't think so. It's all open-source, so feel free to propose changes through PRs or recompile with your own logic. There are alternative installation methods that do not require using the MSI as well.

Add Windows support to the 14 branch of the node!

@Psychosynthesis the latest 14.x releases include this logic:

node/src/node_main.cc

Lines 30 to 50 in 9beb4f8

    
           #define SKIP_CHECK_VAR "NODE_SKIP_PLATFORM_CHECK" 
        
           #define SKIP_CHECK_SIZE 1 
        
           #define SKIP_CHECK_VALUE "1" 
        
           int wmain(int argc, wchar_t* wargv[]) { 
        
             // Windows Server 2012 (not R2) is supported until 10/10/2023, so we allow it 
        
             // to run in the experimental support tier. 
        
             char buf[SKIP_CHECK_SIZE + 1]; 
        
             if (!IsWindows8Point1OrGreater() && 
        
                 !(IsWindowsServer() && IsWindows8OrGreater()) && 
        
                 (GetEnvironmentVariableA(SKIP_CHECK_VAR, buf, sizeof(buf)) != 
        
                  SKIP_CHECK_SIZE || 
        
                  strncmp(buf, SKIP_CHECK_VALUE, SKIP_CHECK_SIZE + 1) != 0)) { 
        
               fprintf(stderr, "Node.js is only supported on Windows 8.1, Windows " 
        
                               "Server 2012 R2, or higher.\n" 
        
                               "Setting the " SKIP_CHECK_VAR " environment variable " 
        
                               "to 1 skips this\ncheck, but Node.js might not execute " 
        
                               "correctly. Any issues encountered on\nunsupported " 
        
                               "platforms will not be fixed."); 
        
               exit(ERROR_EXE_MACHINE_TYPE_MISMATCH); 
        
             }

Is this not working for you, even after setting the NODE_SKIP_PLATFORM_CHECK environment variable as documented for Node.js 14? As discussed here and elsewhere, the MSI might not be working, but other installation mechanisms should.

	#define SKIP_CHECK_VAR "NODE_SKIP_PLATFORM_CHECK"
	#define SKIP_CHECK_SIZE 1
	#define SKIP_CHECK_VALUE "1"

	int wmain(int argc, wchar_t* wargv[]) {
	// Windows Server 2012 (not R2) is supported until 10/10/2023, so we allow it
	// to run in the experimental support tier.
	char buf[SKIP_CHECK_SIZE + 1];
	if (!IsWindows8Point1OrGreater() &&
	!(IsWindowsServer() && IsWindows8OrGreater()) &&
	(GetEnvironmentVariableA(SKIP_CHECK_VAR, buf, sizeof(buf)) !=
	SKIP_CHECK_SIZE \|\|
	strncmp(buf, SKIP_CHECK_VALUE, SKIP_CHECK_SIZE + 1) != 0)) {
	fprintf(stderr, "Node.js is only supported on Windows 8.1, Windows "
	"Server 2012 R2, or higher.\n"
	"Setting the " SKIP_CHECK_VAR " environment variable "
	"to 1 skips this\ncheck, but Node.js might not execute "
	"correctly. Any issues encountered on\nunsupported "
	"platforms will not be fixed.");
	exit(ERROR_EXE_MACHINE_TYPE_MISMATCH);
	}

Uh oh!

Node v14.13.0-x64 does not install on Win7 x64 #35430

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