Re: 32bit application can be installed under 64bit Windows 7

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 05:23, Richard Hagl <hagl_at_coreconsulting.de> wrote:
> Hi,
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> first of all Tortoise is great. Thanks for this project!
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> Today I had a client who said that tortoise
> (TortoiseSVN-1.6.11.20210-win32-svn-1.6.13.msi) didn’t work on her windows 7
> machine. The context menus just didn’t show up. After one hour I figured out
> that she had installed the 32bit application on the 64bit operating system.

It works perfectly fine, in 32-bit programs. 64-bit programs, like
Windows Explorer, require the 64-bit version. From the Downloads page:
"Note that x64 users can install both the 32 and 64-bit versions side
by side. This will enable the TortoiseSVN features also for 32-bit
applications."

This is at least the second time in as many days that someone has had
an "issue" which would have been answered in seconds by simply reading
the Downloads page.

> Hence I would like to propose to disable the installation of the 32bit
> application on a 64bit OS.

People still use 32-bit apps on 64-bit Windows, so this would cripple
those users.

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Received on 2010-10-26 14:29:27 CEST