Major frameworks like Qt have officially dropped support for Windows releases older than Windows 10. The Strawberry Music Player developers explicitly note: "It's not possible because the toolkit we use (Qt) has dropped support for all Windows releases older than Windows 10."
typedef VOID (WINAPI *GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTimePtr)(LPFILETIME); void MyGetSystemTimePrecise(LPFILETIME lpFileTime) static GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTimePtr pGetSystemTimePrecise = (GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTimePtr)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("kernel32.dll"), "GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime"); if (pGetSystemTimePrecise != NULL) // Use native high-precision time on Windows 8/10/11 pGetSystemTimePrecise(lpFileTime); else // Emulate behavior on Windows 7 EmulatePreciseTime(lpFileTime); Use code with caution. 2. Writing the Emulation Algorithm
uint64_t GetHighPrecisionTimestamp(HighPrecisionClock* clock) ft.dwLowDateTime; getsystemtimepreciseasfiletime windows 7 patched
An application does not even need to call this function explicitly to trigger a crash. If the compiled binary links against a runtime that references GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime , Windows 7's KERNEL32.dll fails the load-time dependency resolution, blocking the app entirely. How to Patch Windows 7 to Support the API
The core reason for the error is straightforward: . According to official Microsoft documentation, this function is available only on Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and all subsequent Windows versions (Windows 10, 11, etc.). Attempting to call it on Windows 7—whether directly in code or through a program that links to it—will always result in a missing export error because the required code simply does not exist within the system's core kernel32.dll . Major frameworks like Qt have officially dropped support
Here's a simple example of using GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime in C++:
If you are compiling software that throws this error on Windows 7, you need to use a fallback mechanism. According to official Microsoft documentation
The core issue is that Windows 7 in kernel32.dll , regardless of how many standard Windows Updates you have applied.
Windows has long provided two primary functions for retrieving system time: