What would a 32 bit application running on Windows 7 return for the below -
Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles)?
C:\Program Files (x86) or C:\Program Files ??
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On 32 bit Windows 7 you should get "C:\Program Files", on 64 bit "C:\Program Files (x86)".
Mario
2010-08-03 15:03:55
Can we by any means get the path C:\Program Files (x86) instead of C:\Program Files?
Sameer Rastogi
2010-08-05 08:35:44
There's no need for the added "x86" on 32 bit systems. If you'd like to get the x86 path even while running a 64 bit app on a 64 bit system, request Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86 instead.
Mario
2010-08-06 17:37:44
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Well I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit so I wanted to know for sure what was returned, so I put this into a console application to see what was returned
Console.WriteLine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles));
And it returned C:\Program Files
PsychoCoder
2010-08-03 15:19:49
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It doesn't matter what it returns. Either value will map to the same folder, file system virtualization will always map it to (x86) for a 32-bit app.
Hans Passant
2010-08-03 15:26:09