Quartus 16.1 and Win7-64

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While compiling a project on Windows 7 64-bit I get an exception with the following details 

  --- Quote Start ---   problem details error: Internal Error: Sub-system: ATCL, File: /quartus/ccl/atcl/atcl_root.cpp, Line: 986 ------------------------------------- Error found while sourcing: c:/intelfpga_lite/16.1/quartus/common/tcl/internal/init/fitter.pkg_info ------------------------------------- ERROR: Can't load library: c:\intelfpga_lite\16.1\quartus\bin64\comp_fit2.dll. The operating system reports the following error: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.     Stack Trace:  0x46ad: err_report_internal_error + 0x2d (CCL_ERR)  0xe828: atcl_initialize_pkg_info + 0x448 (ccl_atcl)  0xf40a: atcl_initialize_quartus_interpreter + 0x9a (ccl_atcl)  0xe1c2: atcl_get_interpreter + 0x42 (ccl_atcl)  0x2de52: ACF_MANAGER_STORAGE_REAL::ACF_MANAGER_STORAGE_REAL + 0x5d2 (db_acf)  0x26e7e: ACF_MANAGER::internal_open_create_project + 0xa9e (db_acf)  0x28984: ACF_MANAGER::open_project + 0x7b4 (db_acf)  0x685ef: QHD_ROOT_IMPL::open_acf_if_needed + 0xbf (comp_qhd)  0x679be: QHD_ROOT_IMPL::initialize + 0x11e (comp_qhd)  0x37204: qcu_run_tcl_option + 0x3d4 (comp_qcu)  0x160aa: qexe_run + 0x39a (comp_qexe)  0x16e51: qexe_standard_main + 0xc1 (comp_qexe)  0x2233: qfit2_main + 0x73 (quartus_fit)  0x13328: msg_main_thread + 0x18 (CCL_MSG)  0x14b0e: msg_thread_wrapper + 0x6e (CCL_MSG)  0x15b00: mem_thread_wrapper + 0x70 (ccl_mem)  0x12a11: msg_exe_main + 0xa1 (CCL_MSG)  0x287e: __tmainCRTStartup + 0x10e (quartus_fit)  0x1652c: BaseThreadInitThunk + 0xc (kernel32)  0x2c520: RtlUserThreadStart + 0x20 (ntdll)   End-trace   executable: quartus comment: None  system information platform: windows64 os name: Windows 7 os version: 6.1  quartus prime information address bits: 64 version: 16.1.0 build: 196 edition: Lite Edition   --- Quote End ---    Is there any fix for the problem?

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Its a crash - you will have to raise a mysupport ticket with altera.

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--- Quote Start ---  Its a crash - you will have to raise a mysupport ticket with altera.  --- Quote End ---   If change to Windows 7 32-bit - would it fix the problem?

[Altera_Forum]

No - Quartus from v15 onwards only supports 64bit OSs 

You will need to raise a mysupport ticket.