How many people are using Visual Studio 2013?

[pflugshaupt]

It is possible to build for xp and run binaries and .dlls with VS2017. You linked to my post, but there are other threads where I found the solution. You need to use a v1x0_xp toolset and for dlls to load correctly you need to set an extra compiler flag:

 /Zc:threadSafeInit-

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Juce 4.1.0 incompatible with windows xp?

Yes this does help! Using visual studio 2015 update 2, the 140_xp toolset and the /Zc:threadSafeInit- I was able to build a plugin that loads on Windows XP. So finally I can erase VS2013. The explanation (by Microsoft) on the thread you linked is rather interesting, so I’ll copy it here as well: Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP have problems with dynamically loading a DLL (via LoadLibrary) that uses thread-local storage, which is what thread-safe statics use internally to provide efficient e…