[tor-bugs] #25112 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor Browser 7.5 is not working on Windows Vista 64bit

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#25112: Tor Browser 7.5 is not working on Windows Vista 64bit
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:
                                                 |  pospeselr
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_information
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Major                                |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff60-esr-will-have,                  |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201802                           |
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 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by cypherpunks):

 * status:  assigned => needs_information


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:11 pospeselr]:
 > This failure happens due to a missing wow_helper.exe in the TBB package.
 They didn't tell you?
 > Everything works just fine when I copy over the version packaged with
 latest Firefox.
 What do you mean? It was removed as part of removing support for Vista.
 > Currently investigating why this exe isn't being built or packaged.
 The same way why helper.exe isn't being built, and then they wonder why
 staged updates don't work.
 > An interesting sidenote, the latest Chromium sandbox code no longer uses
 wow_helper.exe.  Seems like it was removed in Chromium commit
 1812d0d777dbe2162e88f6a0a205c8b483008626 as part of removing support for
 XP and Vista.
 It was needed for Vista only.

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