ARM64 Installer for Windows 11 on ARM devices needed

[Simplycissmus]

Current Behaviour

The current Windows 64-bit installer for Fritzing is not compatible with Windows 11 on ARM devices. When trying to install Fritzing on a Surface Pro with ARM processor, the following error message appears:

Build:
1.03

Operating System:
Windows 11 on ARM (Surface Pro with ARM processor)

Steps to reproduce:

• Step 1: Download the latest Windows 64-bit installer for Fritzing
• Step 2: Run the installer on a Windows 11 ARM device
• Step 3: Encounter error message about missing Visual C++ Redistributable

Expected Behaviour

An ARM64 version of the Fritzing installer should be available for Windows 11 on ARM devices, allowing for native installation without relying on x86 emulation.

Alternatively, if an ARM64 version is not feasible, clear instructions on how to run Fritzing on Windows 11 ARM devices or information about future plans for ARM64 support would be helpful.

[Kirsche73]

Is there anything new about Windows 11 ARM?

[graemecns]

I have Windows 11 Snapdragon X elite machine. I have in stalled C++ directly by itself ok.
After Fritzing installed failed but the fritzing install wants to install C++ again but it fails and if i ask it not to install C++ it still fails due to C++ and damages the installed C++.
Is there a install version of Fritzing that Just installs Fritzing without C++ which I already have installed
Or is fritzing not compatable with new ARM machines?

[KjellMorgenstern]

Which version of Windows 11 are you using?

On Windows 11 24H2, Fritzing might run out of the box with Prism:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/arm/apps-on-arm-x86-emulation

[KjellMorgenstern]

We have updated the installer to a more recent version for Fritzing 1.0.4: https://fritzing.org/releases/1-0-4
I currently don't have any Windows ARM device available to check if that solves it.

[vanepp]

I wonder if the issue is that there isn't a Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistibutable (which I think is required by Fritzing and is installed if not present by the installer) available for Arm. I think the Arm port is fairly recent and they may not have done older versions for it. This is from Win 10 on Intel

Checking the Microsoft site for what Visual C++ redistbutables (if any!) are available for Arm and installing one may fix the issue. I don';t know if Fritzing would use a later version or if it needs the 2015 version and won't accept a later one or not.