Cannot install vcpkg with Windows 7

[Forgon]

On a fresh installation of Windows 7 Home Premium, the powershell script `get-dependencies.ps1` inside the source code directory failed because `vcpkg` could not be installed due to this routine failing. Could someone tell me what I have done wrong? The command output:

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git.exe : Cloning into 'vcpkg'...
At C:\Users\x\warzone2100\get-dependencies.ps1:1 char:4
+ git <<<<  clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git;
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (Cloning into 'vcpkg'...:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
 
Downloading vswhere...
WARNING: Github has dropped support for TLS versions prior to 1.2, which is not available on your 
system
WARNING: Please manually download 
https://github.com/Microsoft/vswhere/releases/download/2.3.2/vswhere.exe to 
C:\Users\x\warzone2100\vcpkg\downloads\vswhere-2.3.2\vswhere.exe
bootstrap-vcpkg.bat : Download failed
At C:\Users\x\warzone2100\get-dependencies.ps1:3 char:22
+ .\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat <<<< ;
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (Download failed:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
 
At C:\Users\x\warzone2100\vcpkg\scripts\VcpkgPowershellUtils.ps1:143 char:18

+             throw <<<<  "Download failed"

    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (Download failed:String) [], RuntimeException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Download failed

 

The term '.\vcpkg' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spe
lling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At C:\Users\x\warzone2100\get-dependencies.ps1:4 char:8
+ .\vcpkg <<<<  install physfs harfbuzz libiconv libogg libtheora libvorbis libpng openal-soft sdl2 glew freetype gette
xt zlib
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (.\vcpkg:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

msvc_dependencies_script_error.png

[pastdue]

Follow the instructions in the warning to manually download:
https://github.com/Microsoft/vswhere/re ... swhere.exe
to:
C:\Users\x\warzone2100\vcpkg\downloads\vswhere-2.3.2\vswhere.exe

Then re-run get-dependencies.ps1

As the warning indicates, GitHub has dropped support for TLS versions prior to 1.2, and this impacts the ability of the vcpkg bootstrapping script to automatically download everything on earlier versions of Windows.