Frequently Asked Questions

Will Voice Chats be supported?

Probably not. Feel free to submit a PR if you want to change that.

How do I enable dark mode?

Discord Messenger adapts to your system theme. On Windows 7 and earlier, just apply a dark theme. On 10 and 11, it happens to always match the Aero Basic theme. So change the current theme to something dark. You can use third-party theme modifiers for that. You can also use High Contrast mode.

If you want, you can set a message background image, and if you set a dark one, the message text will invert colors to stay visible. If you don't want to use High Contrast mode or third party theme changers, then on Windows 10 and 11 this is the closest you can get currently.

Explorer-style Dark Mode will probably not be supported anytime soon, as it is an unofficial solution that relies on undocumented APIs.

What version of Discord Messenger should I run?

There are three builds of Discord Messenger available:

• MSVC Version: This version of DM is recommended for Windows 7 and newer. It will work on Windows XP SP2, SP3, and Vista as well, though. You may need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x86) package, of which a download is provided on the download page.
• MinGW Unicode Version: This version of DM is recommended for Windows NT 4.0 and later NT builds. This version will not run on Windows 9x because it does not implement the Unicode standard, and it isn't recommended for NT 3.x either.
• MinGW ANSI Version: This version of DM is recommended only on Windows 9x and Windows NT 3.x. Please do not use this version on Windows 2000 or later. If you decide to use this version anyway, do not wonder about the missing international character support.

I get a "0xC000001D" / Illegal operation error from LIBCRYPT.DLL or libcrypto-3.dll when running Discord Messenger!

You are getting this error because your CPU is too old. Discord Messenger currently requires at least a Pentium CPU to run.

Or, you might be using an older version. Make sure you're using version 1.10 or newer!

I get a crash when running this in Windows 2000 with Blackwingcat's Extended Kernel!

Uninstall the Extended Kernel, or use the latest nightly. This is a bug with the Extended Kernel. I've contacted the original developer, but got no response.

Technical details: for some reason, a system DLL inside the Extended Kernel is trying to write to the window class string pointer passed into CreateWindow, which is clearly marked as const (er, LPCTSTR, actually), but some DLL is trying to write to it anyway, causing a crash.

This will be worked around in the next build.

I get a crash error on my modified Windows 10/11 install

It depends! It could be Discord Messenger's fault... or it could be the mod maker's fault. I can usually recognize when it's my fault and when it's not. Try uninstalling your mods, then progressively reinstalling, to figure out what broke Discord Messenger. Then tell me about it!

For posterity, only official, unmodified, and non-beta releases of Windows are supported by this application. I cannot possibly guarantee that whatever mods you are using won't cause a crash inside the app.

The MSVCP140.dll file is missing!

You are getting this error because you did not install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x86). Make sure to have the x86 version installed, the x64 version will not make Discord Messenger work.

I get some error about the NtCreateFile API missing, and this error shouldn't appear because it's specific to the Lan Manager

This is a localization bug. In actuality it's most likely trying to tell you that MSVCP140.dll is missing, see the above question for a fix.

This string appears because STATUS_OPEN_FAILED (0xC0000136) is exactly next to STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND (0xC0000135) which is the actual error reported, and the localizers made a mistake and accidentally swapped or shifted the actual error strings.

Where's your "Purplecord" thing? Also what is it?

Purplecord is an attempt to write a Discord client for iOS 3 based on the research performed for Discord Messenger. Currently it is in a functionable state, but lacking many features.

You are not logged in to Discord Messenger

Chances are high you pasted in the wrong token, included some additional quotation marks or spaces by accident, or mistyped it.

V1.09 WARNING: Some links (notably olx.ua / olx.pl) when pasted cause Discord Messenger to log you out even if the token is correct. You can paste in the same token you've been using and it will work. To remove this annoyance, if you are using the MinGW (ANSI) build of DM you can upgrade to the latest nightly.

What even is the difference between versions anyway?

The main difference is the compiler toolchain used to compile DM. The MSVC version was compiled with Visual Studio 2022, while the MinGW version was compiled with the MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows) toolchain.

The MinGW version has two sub-versions: Unicode and ANSI. The Unicode version comes with support for international characters (in the limit of your installed fonts), while the ANSI version only makes an attempt to convert UTF-8 to your current codepage and international characters are not shown.

The MSVC version does not require two separate versions because Unicode is supported on all versions of Windows that the MSVC version runs on.

I have a bug, fix it NOW or I... // My Discord account was compromised/banned because of your client and now I will...

Stop right there. I am developing this project in my free time, therefore I have no obligation to fix any of the bugs that this client has. I will most likely fix those bugs at some point, but only when I have time for this project. Keep in mind that I am juggling several other projects, as well as studies and a job, so I don't always have time for this project!

You use this client at your own risk, therefore, you bear the full consequences of your decisions, so don't blame me (iProgramInCpp) for any issues that appear with your account. You have full ownership of your account, so pick the correct decision for you!