FW: Certain files in the system32 directory are not listed
Matthew Woehlke
mw_triad@users.sourceforge.net
Thu Jun 7 17:30:00 GMT 2007
Dave Korn wrote:
> " On 64-bit systems, Windows system files for 64-bit applications are stored
> in the $WINDIR/System32 directory. To avoid confusion, the system files for
> 32-bit applications are stored in the $WINDIR/SysWOW64 directory. "
...what did you expect from the platform that brought us the
ever-so-helpful sizeof(void*) != sizeof(long)? Microsoft's approach to
64-bit was to make things look as much as possible like 32-bit, rather
than making logical choices.
--
Matthew
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
(...with apologies to Arthur C. Clarke)
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