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System32 and SysWOW64 on Windows 7

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Mar 15, 202614195 views
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What is "SysWOW64" and how does it work? Are SysWOW64 and System32 both used/loaded into RAM during the Windows 7 boot?

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Fix for: System32 and SysWOW64 on Windows 7

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Executive summary Microsoft does things backwards sometimes, and this is yet another example of this. is the 64-bit Windows system directory and is the 32-bit Windows system directory — entirely the opposite way around to what the directory names wo…

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