Windows 7 Node.js Install Higher Version (above 13)
Asked on September 13, 2022
Windows 7 is not supporting Node.js above version 13.6.0.
I want to install Node.js version 15.0.0.
Is it possible and will it work?
Replied on September 14, 2022
The last Node.js version working on Windows 7 is 13.6.0.
Through by setting NODE_SKIP_PLATFORM_CHECK environment variable to 1, we can use higher Node.js version on our Windows 7 platform.
Step-1: Download .zip or .tar from the link
https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/
Suppose we want to install version 15.0.0
Step-2: Extract to a folder, suppose C:\node-v15\
Step-3: Add Node.js home path i.e. C:\node-v15\ as environment variable.
Step-4: Run node command.
C:\node-v15>node
Node.js is only supported on Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, or higher.
Setting the NODE_SKIP_PLATFORM_CHECK environment variable to 1 skips this
check, but Node.js might not execute correctly. Any issues encountered on
unsupported platforms will not be fixed.
C:\node-v15>
Step-5: Set NODE_SKIP_PLATFORM_CHECK environment variable to 1
Now we are ready to work.
Step-6: Check Node and NPM version
C:\node-v15>node -v
v15.0.0
C:\node-v15>npm -v
7.0.2
C:\node-v15>
Replied on September 14, 2022
Thanks. Working.
