Arduino IDE.exe - Entry Point Not Found

[ptillisch]

Hi @q12. The last version of Arduino IDE with incidental compatibility with Windows 7 is 2.1.1. I provide instructions for installing and configuring that version of the IDE here:

Arduino IDE 2.2.0 - the procedure entry point getpackagefamilyname could not be located kernel32.dll

For the benefit of those using an obsolete version of Windows who find this topic while researching the cause of this problem, I'll provide instructions you can follow to get Arduino IDE 2.1.1: Click the following link to open the page for the 2.1.1 release in the Arduino IDE GitHub repository: Release 2.1.1 · arduino/arduino-ide · GitHub From the list of download links under the "Assets" section of the page, click one of the following links: If you want the installer package: arduino-i…