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title: "System Requirements"
canonical: https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm/system-requirements.htm
product: "Graphics Mill"
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# System Requirements
 
Aurigma Graphics Mill 12.1.17 requires:
 
- .NET Framework 4.7.2 or higher, or .NET 9 or higher (see [Using Graphics Mill in .NET projects](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm/using-graphics-mill-in-dotnet-projects.htm.md))
- Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package which can be downloaded from the Microsoft site. For both .NET Framework 4.7.2 and .NET 9, the packages are  [Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable Package (x86)](https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe)  and  [Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable Package (x64)](https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe) .

Operating systems:
 
- Windows 7 or higher (32-bit and 64-bit versions)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 or higher (32-bit and 64-bit versions)

**Note** 
If your application is based on Graphics Mill and uses Adobe® CMM for color conversion operations, it requires Adobe® CMM to be installed. You can download the Adobe® CMM for Windows from the Adobe site: [helpx.adobe.com](https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/adobe-color-management-module.html).
 
See [Installation and Redistribution Notices](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm/installation-and-redistribution-notices.htm.md) for information about the files which should be redistributed to run the applications based on Aurigma Graphics Mill 12.1.17 properly.