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Re: FW: Certain files in the system32 directory are not listed

From: Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad at users dot sourceforge dot net>
To: cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:26:14 -0500
Subject: Re: FW: Certain files in the system32 directory are not listed
Original-to: We're Microsoft. We have to do EVERYTHING differently (and stupidly)...
References: <000c01c7a927$b7256b50$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>

Dave Korn wrote:

"  On 64-bit systems, Windows system files for 64-bit applications are stored
in the $WINDIR/System32 directory. To avoid confusion, the system files for
32-bit applications are stored in the $WINDIR/SysWOW64 directory.  "

...what did you expect from the platform that brought us the ever-so-helpful sizeof(void*) != sizeof(long)? Microsoft's approach to 64-bit was to make things look as much as possible like 32-bit, rather than making logical choices.

--
Matthew
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
(...with apologies to Arthur C. Clarke)

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