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Why doesn't Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) contain folder system64 like system32 in xp?
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I don't know about vista. I never used it. I just moved from XP (32 bit) to Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit). I was expecting directory similar to . Why is still entire system is located in system32? Why isn't there any system64 directory?
Error Output
c:\windows\system64
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Fix for: Why doesn't Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) contain folder system64 like system32 in xp?
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Backwards compatibility reasons. A whole lot of applications assume things they shouldn't assume and hard-code paths. And yes, that includes 64-bit applications. So on 64-bit Windows the folder system32 actually contains the 64-bit versions of DLLs.…
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