# Does mothur work for windows 7?

**URL:** <https://forum.mothur.org/t/does-mothur-work-for-windows-7/499>\
**Category:** Commands in mothur\
**Created:** [April 6, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/does-mothur-work-for-windows-7/499 "2011-04-06T02:35:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![coha4760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@coha4760](https://forum.mothur.org/u/coha4760)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/does-mothur-work-for-windows-7/499/1 "2011-04-06T02:35:49Z")

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I want to analyse pyrosequencing data on my comp with windows 7 but the current version of mothur is for XP and vista. Does anyone know if mothur is compatible with windows 7? I tried to upload or open the fasta file with mothur but didn’t have any luck so I don’t know if this is the problem :?

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**Author:** ![naziamojib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f05b48/32.png) [@naziamojib](https://forum.mothur.org/u/naziamojib)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/does-mothur-work-for-windows-7/499/2 "2011-08-08T21:37:22Z")

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I have the same question.

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**Author:** ![westcott](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.mothur.org/westcott/32/18_2.png) [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/does-mothur-work-for-windows-7/499/3 "2011-08-09T09:50:53Z")

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We have a 64bit version of mothur built for Windows 7. [http://www.mothur.org/wiki/Download\_mothur](http://www.mothur.org/wiki/Download_mothur)