On October 14, 2025, Windows 10 reached the end of its support from Microsoft. According to their support page:
At this point technical assistance, feature updates and security updates is no longer provided.
Released in July 2015, Windows 10 had a good run. It was well-received and served many millions of people well. When it was introduced, Microsoft said that Windows 10 would be the “last version of Windows“, but given where we are now that clearly did not end up being true.
If your development machine is still running Windows 10, you really need to get it upgraded to Windows 11. Unfortunately, many perfectly usable computers running Windows 10 do not meet the system requirements for Windows 11, which leaves a lot of people in the lurch. If you really have to stick with Windows 10 for a while longer, Microsoft will sell you an Extended Security Update for $30. This will extend support one more year, so out to late 2026.
What does this mean for Xojo? Nothing just yet. We still have Windows 10 as a supported OS, but don’t expect that to last much longer. Once an OS vendor drops support for an OS, we have to follow that guidance at some point. Expect Xojo to discontinue Windows 10 support at some point in 2026.
Paul learned to program in BASIC at age 13 and has programmed in more languages than he remembers, with Xojo being an obvious favorite. When not working on Xojo, you can find him talking about retrocomputing at Goto 10 and on Mastodon @lefebvre@hachyderm.io.