If you are a developer, this is the most robust approach. Modern, well-written software doesn't just assume an API exists; it checks for it at runtime.
This simple function accepts a pointer to a FILETIME structure that receives the current system time with high precision.
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: The application you are trying to run (e.g., Strawberry Music Player, PostgreSQL, or modern games) was compiled to use an API that only exists in Windows 8, 10, or 11. Kernel32.dll Limitations : In Windows 7, the KERNEL32.dll library only contains GetSystemTimeAsFileTime
"Entry point not found, GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll" getsystemtimepreciseasfiletime windows 7 upd
Microsoft typically doesn't backport major new APIs to older operating systems, especially after their end-of-life dates. Adding such a function would require significant kernel-level changes to support the higher precision timing, which is not feasible or commercially viable for an end-of-life platform.
Are you trying to that's throwing this error, or are you trying to run an app that won't start? If you are a developer, this is the most robust approach
For those creating fallback implementations, external resources like the "High Resolution Time For Windows 7" project on CodeProject offer a starting point for providing high-resolution time estimates on older OS versions that lack native support.
Because Microsoft formally ended extended support for Windows 7, . Modern compiler toolsets like Microsoft Visual C++ MSVC v145 and MSYS2/MinGW64 automatically bake dependencies for GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime into generated .exe and .dll binaries, breaking backwards compatibility. References and keywords for searching : The application