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

From: David Balažic <david.balazic_at_comtrade.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:59:41 +0200

Stefan Küng wrote:

> 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-pa
> ckages-are-required-for-different-processor-architectures.aspx

So a single MSI file is not possible?
Then use two. Packaged into one download file.

Regards,
David

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