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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font face="Georgia">Greetings,<br>
<br>
After 15 hours of download/installing and 4 error messages
the process is finished.<br>
There were 7 shortcuts installed on my desktop but I cannot
find the executable to start the program.<br>
I also checked the install directory but cannot find a way
to launch the program.<br>
What a waste of time and all because I missed the<span> </span></font><font
face="Georgia">QGIS 3.22.3 warning about Win 7
incompatibility.</font><br>
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Hi Mike,<br>
I suggested you to install QGIS 3.16 using the old installers (which
are suitable for Windows 7) and not the new ones (which are OK for
Windows 10 only).<br>
I've also sent you a screenshot of the QGIS Web site download page
with a red arrow to the exact link you need to follow in order to
download the correct QGIS 3.16 Standalone Installer for Windows 7 64
bit (assuming you are using Windows 7 64 bit and not Windows 7 32
bit).<br>
<br>
From the screenshot you attached it seems to me the following issues
did occur:<br>
- you did not follow my advice to download the OLD OSGeo4W QGIS 3.16
Standalone Installer which is only 300/400 MB so it usually doesn't
need 15 hours to be downloaded<br>
<br>
- you have downloaded and used the Network Installer (probably the
new one), instead<br>
<br>
- you have tried to install a lot of not useful package as the pdb
packages (which are very huge) and a developer version of QGIS
instead of the regular 3.16 ltr version and probably a lot of other
ones<br>
<br>
- your hard disk has run out of space<br>
<br>
<br>
So, please, don't lose heart and:<br>
- remove and delete your previous QGIS installation and make room on
your hard disk in order to install QGIS<br>
<br>
- download the "QGIS Standalone Installer Versione 3.16 (64 bit)"
(QGIS-OSGeo4W-3.16.16-1-Setup-x86_64.exe), or the "QGIS Standalone
Installer Versione 3.16 (32 bit)"
(QGIS-OSGeo4W-3.16.16-1-Setup-x86.exe), depending on your system,
from the QGIS Web site download page <br>
<br>
- the installer is only 300/400 MB, it takes few minutes to be
downloaded, 4 click to start the install procedure, no packages to
select, and few minutes to install QGIS on your system<br>
<br>
<br>
Regards.<br>
<br>
Andrea<br>
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