Blackberry tablet SDK on Win64

Question

I'm trying to install the BlackBerry tablet SDK 0.9.0 for Windows but the installer gives the following error:

Win64 not supported.
The author of the package you are installing did not include support for this platform

Is there a way to trick the installer to think I have a 32-bit OS instead of a 64-bit one?

Answer 1

Ok, this works for Windows 7 x64.

1. Install a java vm for "Windows" (aka the 32bit version from Oracle)
2. Reboot after install
3. Unzip the BlackBerryTabletSDK-Air-Installer-0.9.0-Win.exe installer file (I used 7zip)
4. Navigate to this file: BlackBerryTabletSDK-Air-Installer-0.9.0-Win\Windows\BlackBerryTabletSDK-Air-Installer-0.9.0.201010221500.lax
5. Locate this property: lax.nl.current.vm=
6. Set it to the location where you installed the 32 bit jvm (for me): lax.nl.current.vm=C:/Program Files (x86)/Java/jdk1.6.0_22/bin/java.exe
7. Save the file
8. Double click the BlackBerryTabletSDK-Air-Installer-0.9.0.201010221500.exe 6.