Have you tried updating directx, downloading the latest .redist files, etc? If all goes wrong... there's always linux.

steam dropping support for windows 7 doesn't mean it won't work right off the bat, though
it just means that if something breaks on windows 7, they won't fix it

引用自 GustavoM：

Have you tried updating directx, downloading the latest .redist files, etc? If all goes wrong... there's always linux.

I don't think he should be messing around with his grandma's computer much.

GOG games might work with offline back up installs.

引用自 Ghost Robertson：

I don't think he should be messing around with his grandma's computer much.

GOG games might work with offline back up installs.

Eh, it's just a bunch of harmless files -- there's zero harm in installing em.

Thus, if you decide to follow the penguin path and your grandmother goes "WUZ ALL DAT?" on you -- just tell her it's a "Windows for hackers". She'll get it.

引用自 GustavoM：

If all goes wrong... there's always linux.

indeed
tell your grandma you had to do a small change to her system

Your primary issue will probably be downloading or updating (newer?) games. Gives corrupt download error. Launch works.

I hear, steam decided to cut support on OS before windows 8.1,it probably happened in 2020,they cant play steam games on win7 anymore since that.

seems to me, its a radical move, how do they know the percent of users on win7,and decided that its OK to tell them its time to move to new OS.

anyways, is it that much work to do to maintain a functional steam launcher on win7?

you can use bat command to run games on win 7?

引用自 DoomsDay：

I hear, steam decided to cut support on OS before windows 8.1,it probably happened in 2020,they cant play steam games on win7 anymore since that.

seems to me, its a radical move, how do they know the percent of users on win7,and decided that its OK to tell them its time to move to new OS.

anyways, is it that much work to do to maintain a functional steam launcher on win7?

Yes. These days I actually find it annoying to double click a game's exe and have steam launch. It's quite minor but represents a sort of primordial wrongness. It tells one that a grave error has been made.

How the heck is such an old coal fired rig even working at all?

Sorry. We all loved 7 7in the day. Those that were around remember that it was a "fixed" Vista.

It was smooth. It was easy to operate...

And we know the rest of the story after that....