"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:45:46 -0500, FiOS-Dave wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of a way to check to see if a 32 bit
>> program inadvertently got installed into the 64 bit
>> Programs folder?
>> I suspect that this may have happened when I did a
>> clean install of Win7 and was copying older
>> software from my backup drive to the new drive.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>
> Look in the folder?
>
> Should be easy if you know the name of the program's folder. If not,
> search
> for the executable by name.
>
> Of course, if you have a shortcut, you can look at the shortcut's
> properties. That's even easier.
>
> The 64-bit Program Files folder is called "CProgram Files" and the
> 32-bit
> Program Files folder is called "CProgram Files (x86)" - in case you were
> asking
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom
Maybe I'm dense, but I see NO way to determine if the particular file
is 32 or 64 bit. I looked under each Properties tag (including Details)
and see NO reference to whether the file is 32 or 64 bits.
Just because it is located in the 64 bit folder (Program Files) doesn't
mean that it is NOT a 32 bit program, as (I stated earlier) I may have
accidently copied a program into that folder after I did a clean install
several months ago. At the time, I knew that some of the programs
were "self-contained", with no registry entries, and could be copied
rather than re-installed. That was where I made my FIRST mistake!
What I am looking for is something like SFC that will scan both folders
for misplaced programs, or at least generate a log which shows all
..EXE files and their "bitness" and location.
FiOS-Dave