version 3.2.0 crashes in windows 7

[pejman1]

I am writing to inform you there is bug in version 3.2.0 that cause app crashes in windows 7

[Alex-D]

The real question is: should we support Windows 7 as of 2022?
Microsoft themself has ended support for Windows 7 already two years ago:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-7-support-ended-on-january-14-2020-b75d4580-2cc7-895a-2c9c-1466d9a53962

Also, without logs, I can't know the crash origin, so I can't fix it.

[pejman1]

The real question is: should we support Windows 7 as of 2022? Microsoft themself has ended support for Windows 7 already two years ago: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-7-support-ended-on-january-14-2020-b75d4580-2cc7-895a-2c9c-1466d9a53962

Also, without logs, I can't know the crash origin, so I can't fix it.

there are many users that still use windows 7
there is no log and it hangs when we use this library . older versions have no problem

[Alex-D]

The package code use this Powershell function here:

check-disk-space/src/index.ts

Line 105 in 8d18891

['powershell', 'Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_LogicalDisk | Select-Object Caption, FreeSpace, Size'],

that Microsoft documents as working since Windows Vista :/

I will download a Windows 7 VM to try to reproduce the crash

[Alex-D]

I've installed a Windows 7 VM, and I can reproduce it since it seems to be due to PowerShell 2.

I've found some users complaining about that on the node repository:
nodejs/node#25645 (comment)

So, I need to find a workaround :/

[Alex-D]

Fixed in 3.3.0

Now, I switch between the old and the new way depending on the Windows version used.
That way, I keep the support of older Windows that does not support PowerShell 3 which is needed for the Get-CimInstance cmdlet.