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

On 26.10.2010 17:41, Loritsch, Berin wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ulrich Eckhardt [mailto:eckhardt_at_satorlaser.com]
>>
>> Well, not everyone is even aware of the differences between
>> 32 and 64 bit. I wouldn't know it myself if I wasn't reading
>> this list. Further, while I develop software on MS Windows,
>> some TSVN users here don't, they just use it for versioning
>> of arbitrary files.
>
> That's why I suggested bundling both 32bit and 64bit versions into the
> 64bit installer, or having the one installer know enough to do that for
> you. But that idea got shot down. Until there are 64bit versions of
> every app, we will continue to have this awkward behavior. I guess you
> can blame MS if you want. There's no concept of a fat binary for
> Windows, which is the approach Mac used to 64bit enable all their
> applications and transition from Motorolla to Intel processors.

See here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2008/01/15/different-packages-are-required-for-different-processor-architectures.aspx

Stefan

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