Unreal engine looks like its loading, but then nothng happens on win 7 64-bit

Newer versions of UE won’t work with Windows 7 Pro. You will need to download 4.24.3. Open Dashboard and select drop arrow to install earlier versions. All that fancy stuff about downloading the .dll and installing it etc. hasn’t worked for me. I use 4.24.3 for my Windows 7 Pro.