On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Adrian Buehlmann<adr...@cadifra.com> wrote:
> On 25.07.2009 15:00, John Sparrow wrote:
>> Sorry if this has been covered before, but just upgraded to 0.8.1 on x64
>> Vista, and I was wondering if I could enable 32 bit shell extensions, as
>> well as the default 64 bit?
>
> You can't, since no one yet cared to find out how to both install
> the 32bit and the 64bit shell extension at the same time.
>
> Problem area that would need to be addressed first would be to
> find out how to do the doubled registry settings for this special case.
>
> Next, the installer would have to be taught to do the two
> registrations.
>
>> I remember reading somewhere that both were combined in same package,
>> but how do I turn them both on?
>
> True, but currently, the installer detects that you are installing on 64bit
> and picks the 64bit shell extension, effectively doing the registry settings
> once only for 64bit.

http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/stable/issue/351/context-menu-for-64bit-and-32bit-programs-in-windows-7

> I'm quite sure Steve would welcome contributions in this area (or any other
> area).

Certainly.  My initial thoughts were that support for x86 and x64 on
one machine would require us to package both extensions as separate,
but very small, installers that registered themselves in the registry.
 The main installer would have both packages and could install one or
both of them.

--
Steve Borho

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