Emulator Issues #11961
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Dolphin doesn't work on Windows Vista SP2 due to "QT Platform Plugin" error.
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Description
[removed stuff related to game, as it's about the executable, not a game]
What's the problem? Describe what went wrong.
I'm on Vista, and have no plans of upgrading, I wanted to install Dolphin, which looks like it would have looked, based on the Dolphin Github's readme.md
However, There's only a "Qt platform" error, which means i can't use Dolphin on Vista until if i upgrade to Windows 7 SP1.
What steps will reproduce the problem?
Install Dolphin from the website, and i put it on my Documents folder.
Is the issue present in the latest development version? For future reference, please also write down the version number of the latest development version.
5.0-11524
Is the issue present in the latest stable version?
No, Dolphin 5.0 loads fine.
What are your PC specifications? (CPU, GPU, Operating System, more)
Operating System
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP2
CPU
Intel Core i3 2100 @ 3.10GHz 47 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 686MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8H61-M LE/CSM R2.0 (LGA1155) 28 °C
Graphics
SyncMaster (1680x1050@60Hz)
1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series (Gigabyte) 40 °C
Storage
232GB Seagate ST3250310AS ATA Device (SATA ) 36 °C
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-22MFCA0 ATA Device (SATA ) 35 °C
931GB Seagate BUP Slim BK USB Device (USB (SATA) ) 31 °C
Optical Drives
ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
Is there anything else that can help developers narrow down the issue? (e.g. logs, screenshots,
configuration files, savefiles, savestates)
I dunno, sorry. :/
Files
Updated by JosJuice about 4 years ago
- Operating system Windows added
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What does the error message say? Just "Qt platform"?
Updated by Gamerappa about 4 years ago
- File qtplatform.PNG qtplatform.PNG added
JosJuice wrote:
What does the error message say? Just "Qt platform"?
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be
initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
Available platform plugins are: minimal, offscreen, windows.
Updated by Billiard26 about 4 years ago
Please show a screenshot of the contents of your directory containing "Dolphin.exe".
Updated by Gamerappa about 4 years ago
- File explorer.PNG explorer.PNG added
Billiard26 wrote:
Please show a screenshot of the contents of your directory containing "Dolphin.exe".
k.
Updated by JosJuice about 4 years ago
- Status changed from New to Fix pending
It seems like modern versions of Qt simply don't support Vista. Using an old Qt version or switching to a different UI framework would have some pretty heavy repercussions for us, so it's not something we're going to do for an operating system this old and rare. Sorry, you'll have to use Windows 7 or newer if you want to use recent versions of Dolphin on Windows.
We should fix the readme file to no longer say that Dolphin might work on Vista, though: https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/pull/8572
Updated by Gamerappa about 4 years ago
JosJuice wrote:
It seems like modern versions of Qt simply don't support Vista. Using an old Qt version or switching to a different UI framework would have some pretty heavy repercussions for us, so it's not something we're going to do for an operating system this old and rare. Sorry, you'll have to use Windows 7 or newer if you want to use recent versions of Dolphin on Windows.
We should fix the readme file to no longer say that Dolphin might work on Vista, though: https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/pull/8572
Honestly, i probably won't upgrade to later versions of windows. I find them ethier a bloaty mess (in the case of Windows 10) or too over-rated (in the case of 7 and 8.1).
Updated by Billiard26 about 4 years ago
- Status changed from Fix pending to Won't fix
I guess that's your prerogative. :P
Updated by Gamerappa about 4 years ago
Billiard26 wrote:
I guess that's your prerogative. :P
Ironically, 1 month after writing the original thread, i upgraded to Windows 8.1 for some miscellaneous project i wanted to do.