So some progress has been made, the MinecraftInstaller.msi now installs properly on Windows 7!

So probably the download server for the installer has been downgraded to TLS 1.2.

BUT the downloading of the assets still fails, see screenshot.

This has now been a problem since before summer.

The fix is EASY, add TLS 1.2 to piston-meta.mojang.com just like you did for launchermeta.mojang.com!

I mean you don't need to waste electricity encrypting patch data anyhow!!!

And please with cherry on top don't mark this as invalid... because it is valid!

Edit: Now it says: "Error details: HTTP server doesn't seem to support byte ranges." Probably because it created the file before failing with TLS and then tried to resume the download of the TLS failed file.

But that doesn't change the bug report, the bug is still and since forever TLS 1.3

Edit2: Hold your horses, drop your linnen and stop your grinnin, the latest snapshot 22w45a works!!! Because resources.download.minecraft.net is fixed!!! Holy mackerel what a journey!

Again the bug report is still valid for 19, 19.1 and 19.2, but now After 6 months of hiatus we can play Minecraft again. I probably won't migrate my account, need that for the old launcher if you mess this up again. So more money for you, a third account for 2 people!

Edit3: This just keeps on giving: "Multiplayer is disabled"!!! Are you kidding... I give up (for today, tomorrow I'll give the parent that registered the account a lesson in why you should NEVER tell the real age of you kid to the internet)!

You couldn't invent this if you tried...

Edit4: Mojang didn't fix anything, I downloaded the last patch for Windows7 must have been that; trying to reproduce later on my sons Win 7 box. Will MCL fix later maybe if it works.

Edit5: NOW it works, 7 months after I first reported the problem.