Hammer136 Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 HiIm running XP 64 bit and i have 1 SATA drive partitioned so the operating system is on a 20 Gb and 180Gb is left for my programs. If i install my programs on the 180Gb partition will they run in 32 or 64 bit mode? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjhart85 Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 (edited) Would where you have it stored make any difference? It should run in 64-bit (as long as the programs are 64-bit compatable).CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG THOUGH! Edited August 15, 2005 by tjhart85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocent Devil Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 It Depends on the OS u installis u install a 32bit os u can run 16 & 32 bit apps & not 64 bit appsif u install a 64 bit os u can run 16 & 32 & 64 bit apps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale5605 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 It Depends on the OS u installis u install a 32bit os u can run 16 & 32 bit apps & not 64 bit appsif u install a 64 bit os u can run 16 & 32 & 64 bit apps<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Actually windows x64 edition cannot run 16 bit programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjz Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Unless he does hardware emulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukar Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Nobody answered his question! When you install Window XP X64 Edition it creates two folders called Program Files and Program Files (X86). 32bit applications including the games you have to install in Program files (X86) folder, and Program Files folder is for 64bit applications. So, I wonder like the guy who posted this, what will happen if I install 32bit game on second hard drive or second partition. Let's say D:\Games\UT2004 for example?Are you able to do something like that, or you're gonna be forced to install it in C:\Program Files(x86)? If so...WinXP X64 is not for me, actually not for anybody... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoic Joker Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 The two different Program Files folders are just to make it easier for people to figure out where stuff is. The puter doesn't care what folder a program is in, it is going to execute it based on what is in the executable's header info (e.g. what runtime library it was compiled with)...not it's file path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukar Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 The two different Program Files folders are just to make it easier for people to figure out where stuff is. The puter doesn't care what folder a program is in, it is going to execute it based on what is in the executable's header info (e.g. what runtime library it was compiled with)...not it's file path.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Thanks...it answered my question. It means i can give it a try....Running AMD64 here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jito463 Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 I install all my games to another drive, so yes you can install to another location under x64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocent Devil Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 The location of installation doesn't make any differance in PE (program Executable)if the PE is a x64 or 64 bit on it run as 64 bit app by XPif it is 32 bit PE it will run as 32 bit PEif u want know how the PE is running open Taskmanager and look the "Processes" tabfor 32 bit apps an "*32 " extension is give at the end of it name ,it indicates the app is an 32 bit app.To Dale 5605: it is an general statement and not specifically for xp x64 *nix variants like Linux ,FreeBSD ,etc can run 8bit to 64 bit apps while running in 64bit mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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