# FoundationDB Windows Download 404s
**URL:** https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-windows-download-404s/2784
**Category:** Using FoundationDB
**Created:** [July 7, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-windows-download-404s/2784 "2021-07-07T22:35:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@spullara](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/spullara)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-windows-download-404s/2784/1 "2021-07-07T22:35:32Z")
This link is dead:
[404 Not Found (foundationdb.org)](https://www.foundationdb.org/downloads/6.3.15/windows/installers/foundationdb-6.3.15-x64.msi)
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### Author:  [@alexmiller](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/alexmiller)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-windows-download-404s/2784/2 "2021-07-08T01:26:55Z")
“Official” support for Windows was discontinued, see [Looking for community support for the Windows build](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/looking-for-community-support-for-the-windows-build/2531) for the explanation and discussion. Fixing the downloads page to not list Windows for recent releases is on @ammolitor’s todo list, but he’s previously commented that there’s higher priority items for him to tackle first. I didn’t see an issue specifically tracking this work, so I filed [Officially discontinue the Windows build · Issue #5135 · apple/foundationdb · GitHub](https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/issues/5135).
There were a few changes done to enable FDB to work under the Windows Subsystem for Linux, which was reported as working [FoundationDB does not run on Windows Subsystem For Linux (WSL) - #10 by KrzysFR](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-does-not-run-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl/809/10).
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### Author:  [@spullara](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/spullara)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-windows-download-404s/2784/3 "2021-07-08T05:24:43Z")
It would be cool to have one of the older versions available just for development without having to use WSL.
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### Author:  [@KrzysFR](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/KrzysFR)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-windows-download-404s/2784/4 "2021-07-08T07:44:11Z")
The 6.3.12 link is available =\> [https://www.foundationdb.org/downloads/6.3.12/windows/installers/foundationdb-6.3.12-x64.msi](https://www.foundationdb.org/downloads/6.3.12/windows/installers/foundationdb-6.3.12-x64.msi)
We were working since last week on creating two pull requests to be able to build both 6.3 and 7.0 branches on Windows, and were planning to submit them today or tomorrow, but it seems like we were too slow by one day!
Edit:
- PR against 7.0: [Fix Windows build and add Docker build image by KrzysFR · Pull Request #5136 · apple/foundationdb · GitHub](https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/pull/5136)
- PR against 6.3: coming soon!
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### Author:  [@KrzysFR](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/KrzysFR)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2021, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-windows-download-404s/2784/5 "2021-07-08T09:25:56Z")
> [@spullara](#):
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> It would be cool to have one of the older versions available just for development without having to use WSL.
By curiosity, are you planning to do some development work on Windows? Using Visual Studio or Visual
Studio Code? Do you intend to _use_ foundationdb in an application, or to work on fdb source code?
We are in the process on revamping the “user experience” on Windows, and could use your inputs or remarks 🙂
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### Author:  [@spullara](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/spullara)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-windows-download-404s/2784/6 "2021-07-08T21:43:04Z")
That link 404s for me.
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### Author:  [@spullara](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/spullara)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-windows-download-404s/2784/7 "2021-07-08T21:44:51Z")
In this case I just need it for local development and it will ultimately be deployed to Linux. Using IntelliJ IDEA. I could just run the server in a container and a local client or develop remotely on WSL. It would just be nice to be able to run it for development like I always have on Mac.
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### Author:  [@KrzysFR](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/KrzysFR)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2021, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-windows-download-404s/2784/8 "2021-07-09T10:01:17Z")
> [@spullara](#):
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> That link 404s for me.
Well, it was working yesterday, it seems it got removed in between ☹
> [@spullara](#):
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> In this case I just need it for local development and it will ultimately be deployed to Linux. Using IntelliJ IDEA. I could just run the server in a container and a local client or develop remotely on WSL. It would just be nice to be able to run it for development like I always have on Mac.
That is the same use case for us.
We are currently setting up a CI that will be able to compile a MSI for windows (currently 7.0, will work on 6.3 soon).
With the latest commit in master, you can use `.\build\build.ps1` to build using Docker on Windows.
**Edit:** master build is broken until [Fix build with DISABLE\_TLS=ON by sfc-gh-tclinkenbeard · Pull Request #5151 · apple/foundationdb · GitHub](https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/pull/5151) is merged.
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### Author:  [@endyjasmi](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/endyjasmi)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-windows-download-404s/2784/9 "2021-09-25T13:02:24Z")
So, if I want to start developing an application on windows, what are my options currently?
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### Author:  [@alexmiller](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/alexmiller)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-windows-download-404s/2784/10 "2021-09-29T23:12:17Z")
The links for Windows installers were restored for versions before 6.3.12.
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### Author:  [@spullara](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/spullara)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2021, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-windows-download-404s/2784/11 "2021-09-30T00:02:37Z")
Still 404ing for me:
[404 Not Found (foundationdb.org)](https://www.foundationdb.org/downloads/6.3.11/windows/installers/foundationdb-6.3.11-x64.msi)
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### Author:  [@alexmiller](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/alexmiller)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-windows-download-404s/2784/12 "2021-09-30T00:08:01Z")
Before and not including 6.3.12. The download links for 6.2.30 or 6.3.9 appear to work.
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### Author:  [@endyjasmi](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/endyjasmi)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/foundationdb-windows-download-404s/2784/13 "2021-09-30T00:21:51Z")
Thousand thanks for the answer.
For those that wonder, I am using [this link](https://www.foundationdb.org/downloads/6.3.9/windows/installers/foundationdb-6.3.9-x64.msi).