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Is it Possible to run Win 7 64-bit in 32-bit Mode?

Anonymous
2010-05-22T05:10:09+00:00

Hello I was wondering if maybe there was some sort of fix out there? or a registry edit that will allow me to run windows 7 in 32 bit mode from 64 bit. I want to be able to install a program.

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-06-01T12:18:45+00:00

    Hello Ebeli,

    What is the error you are getting when trying to install your 32-bit application in your 64-bit system?

    By default, there are two program files folders, 'Program Files' and 'Program Files (x86)'.  By default, 32-bit applications will install to 'Program Files (x86)', and 64-bit applications will install to 'Program Files'.

    It may be that your application is not compatible with Windows 7 and not that it is a problem with your 64-bit versus 32-bit.

    If the program is not compatible, then you may try to install and run the program in compatibility mode.

    Use the following steps:

    1)     Right click on the Program

    2)     Click on Properties

    3)     Click on Compatibility tab

    4)     Select Run this program in compatibility mode and select Windows Vista or whatever operating system the program was running successfully.

    Refer to the link here: Make older programs run in this version of Windows

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-Windows

    If the compatibility is not successful, then try and runthe Program Compatibility troubleshooter:

    1.    Open the Program Compatibility troubleshooter by clicking theStart button.

    Then click Control Panel. In the search box, type troubleshooter, and then clickTroubleshooting. Under Programs, clickRun programs made for previous versions of Windows.

    2.    Follow the instructions in the troubleshooter.

    If you cannot install a program, insert the installation disc for the program and, using the troubleshooter, browse to the program's setup file, usually called Setup.exe, Install.exe, or something similar. The troubleshooter is not designed to work on programs that have an .msi file name extension.

    Please reply back and let us know if this helps or if your issue is resolved.

    Sincerely,

    Marilyn

    Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-09-16T17:49:21+00:00

    Hello I was wondering if maybe there was some sort of fix out there? or a registry edit that will allow me to run windows 7 in 32 bit mode from 64 bit. I want to be able to install a program.

    I have to work from  home and they are tellling me that windows has a way of running from 64bit to 32 bit mode how can i do this?  Is there anyway to run a 64 bit version as a 32bit and how to switch back?

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-05-22T18:41:10+00:00

    On Sat, 22 May 2010 05:10:09 +0000, Ebeli wrote:

    > Hello I was wondering if maybe there was some sort of fix out there? or a registry edit that will allow me to run windows 7 in 32 bit mode from 64 bit. I want to be able to install a program.

    What program? What happens when you try to install it normally? If you

    get an error message, please quote it verbatim.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-05-22T15:15:33+00:00

    Windows 7 x64 includes a technique to run 32Bit applications. This is called WOW64 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOW64). Which errors do you get when you try to run your application?

    best regards

    André

    "A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/

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