android studio download windows XP

Question

I have been trying to download Android Studio for the past week or so and haven\'t been able to. I\'m still running windows XP on a Dell d430

Answer 1

The self-extraction that the installation binary performs has definitely nothing to do with what version of Studio you try to install or whether it supports XP or not, the installation shall start and tell you if there's a problem.

Actually, you can run Android Studio fine on Windows XP, I do it on a Dell Inspiron 9200 (Intel Pentium 1.7GHz 2GB RAM). I even installed the latest version 2.3.2 and Java SDK 8(which is required: make sure it's not just JRE 8 but both). Java SDK 8 complains about XP being old but installs fine. There's a snag in Studio tools with an XP dll but that can be fixed, read on.

The downloading doesn't involve extracting as your question implies, if it does you haven't got the right download. When downloading is done and the installation is started, that's when the extraction begins.

• If you didn't download from developer.android.com/studio/ it might contain malware. You could scan it but being a huge file(approx. 2GB) you have to download a scanner, e.g https://www.bitdefender.com/support/how-to-install-bitdefender-on-windows-xp-and-windows-vista-1453.html

• For Windows versions newer than XP / Vista refer to www.bitdefender.com/toolbox/freeapps/desktop/

After the download is done (and verified if needed), your problem with the installation program might be one or more of, but not limited to:

• The file you downloaded is corrupt. Try downloading another copy.
• Corruption on your hard drive, however less likely if the same file fails to extract again and again.
• Your Memory or CPU is failing. Very unlikely if the same file fails even twice.
• Corruption in the current directory data block or a problem with the directory path. Try creating a folder at the root with no spaces in its name ( e.g. C:\Download ), move the installation file to it and run it from there.

About support/compatibility: it's not unpermitted trying to install and run, and I for one am all for it. But if it's not supported and you run into problems, another way to go rather then upgrading your system is to downgrade your software. Here you have suggestions, but take care scanning them for malware. For smaller files(current max 128MB) you can upload to Google owned www.virustotal.com/

• How to install an older version of Android Studio

Finally, the dll problem in Android Studio 2.3.2 is with the adb program requiring a newer version of WS2_32.dll (it's technical: never mind). A work around is to download an older version of adb:

• forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/general/psa-fix-adb-doesnt-winxp-t3403955

Or, as the suggestion here says: if you're feeling adventurous, you can always grab the new WS2_32.dll, then scan it by uploading to www.virustotal.com/, and register it with the command regsvr32 WS2_32.dll (google regsvr32 for more info on that).

• coderanch.com/t/667002/Android-ADB-find-entry-point

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