Android Studio – Last version for Windows 7?

‘Officially’ …

The last version of Android Studio that supports Windows 7 was 4.1.3. Since version 4.2.1, at least according to the ‘System requirements’ section, Windows 8 (or newer) is required. Release notes (1, 2) do not mention any change in minimum OS requirements.

Actually …

At the moment of writing this, the latest stable version of Android Studio is Iguana (2023.2.1.23). It can be installed on Windows 7, but if you run it, you will receive the following error message:

The procedure entry point CreateAppContainerProfile could not be located in the dynamic link library USERENV.dll

You can avoid this error by starting studio.bat instead of studio64.exe (both located in Android Studiobin directory). If you desire more information regarding the cause of the error, further explanation is available here.

If you want to play it safe, the last Android Studio version that runs without such a workaround is Hedgehog 2023.1.1 Patch 2, released on January 23, 2024. It is available for download in the Android Studio download archives. (It supports gradle up to version 8.2.2.)

Also note …

This might not be the only issue you’ll experience with new Android Studio installations. Starting with the platform tools version 34.0.5, adb does not support Windows 7 either. Although not mentioned in the release notes, this limitation is documented in the issue tracker (no, the error won’t be fixed). Therefore, if you’ve installed the latest platform tools, you’ll need to uninstall them and manually install platform tools version 34.0.4. The archive is available here.