In message , June Bug
writes:
The date is 07/12/2017 02:43

You failed the test as well.

May be true.

If it needs VB just to count a timer - it's a bona fide freeware fail.

It also needs Windows. Does that make it a fail?
The author could have written his/her own versions of what VB does, but
why reinvent the wheel (and make the file bigger, and non-standard)?

However, software should just work when installed and run.

This did not.

Why do I fail the test when I did nothing wrong?
That's a matter of opinion. You failed to read the system requirements -
which are stated on the download page.

Apps this simple should not require extensive 3rd-party software.

"Extensive" is a matter of opinion. Many utilities of that vintage used
the VB5 .DLLs, for the reasons I've given above - saves coding time and
reduces code size.
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