64-bit apps in Program Files x86 directory

Yeesh! I was only curious and hoping to learn something.

kelper said:

Yeesh! I was only curious and hoping to learn something.

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The real answer is that Microsoft suxxorz at programming. They've lost their way.


This is how they made Windows 10 and Windows 11...



Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For an OS of powerful trouble,
Let the hell-broth boil and bubble.


Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Cool it with a baboon's blood,
And Windows will be cursed for good.


[slightly edited "Song of the Witches" from Shakespeare's "Macbeth"]

I claim no responsibility for any nightmare's this ancient truth may cause.

@x BlueRobot

I totally understand why the two folders exist - to separate 32-bit and 64-bit apps. My question was why is Edge in the wrong folder!

mabe due to Windows 10 32bit ver.

Exactly! But I think we got the answer.

kennybb said:

mabe due to Windows 10 32bit ver.

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NO, you can not run a 64bit app on a 32bit OS

Apologies, I did a total duh!

I thought this:

Those programs could have installed themselves into separate directories like C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer and C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer (x86)

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Was like:

Those programs could have installed themselves into separate directories like C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer and C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer

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I kept wondering why the follow on sentence seemed weird? I could only imagine that the reason why x64 Edge is in the Program Files (x86) folder is because the Edge installer is still x86 and they used %ProgramFiles% as part of the installation path. Basically, the same issue the others pointed out with older versions of Chromium.