At 09:58 a.m. 14/03/2014, Leyne, Sean wrote: >Actually, the WOW64 folder contains the x64 binaries (not the 32 bit)
No, WOW64 has the 32-bit libs, like SYSWOW64 on the platform. >The folder should really be renamed "x64" Well, no, if anything it should just be named "32-bit"; so might as well stick with Microsoft's weird conventions...like putting all the 64-bit libs in \system32, for example. >There is a open tracker case to have the "bitness" of the binaries added as a >string to the Windows file information, to allow user/developers to confirm >whether they are looking at 32 or 64 bit files/binaries. Hope our platform builders are listening attentively. For now, the "dll Hell" tradition has become "dll Hell Squared". Helen
