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Installed Ultimate Win 7 x64 and there is no SysWOW64 folder. What do I do?

Anonymous
2012-02-26T13:00:47+00:00

Compaq Presario V6500 laptop - had Win XP SP2 on it. Did a Complete install not meaning to save anything old...but, no SysWOW64 folder was created. Oddly, there is a Windows.old folder still remaining? How do I get the sysWOW64 folder created with the right DLLs, etc.?

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-02-27T02:40:02+00:00

    Hi,

    Follow the steps and then check.

    **a)**Click Start.

    **b)**In the search box type Folder options.

    **c)**Select View tab.

    **d)**Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders, and then click OK.

    e)     Click to clear Hide protected Operating System files (Recommended)

    **f)**Click Apply and OK.

    Also see:

    Change folder options

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-folder-options

    How do I remove the Windows.old folder?

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/How-do-I-remove-the-Windows-old-folder

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  1. btbt 11,826 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2012-02-27T03:01:53+00:00

    Open the start menu, right-click "Computer" and choose "Properties" from the menu that appears. Please verify on this screen that you actually did install the 64-bit version.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-02-27T15:45:36+00:00

    Evidently, I selected the 32-bit when I installed the OS.  I re-installed and everything is cool.  Thanks for the answer.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-02-27T15:46:36+00:00

    I had already completed that when I noticed that file extensions were missing and some obvious folders were not being displayed.  Thanks for the reply!

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-10-07T11:52:27+00:00

    hi hi hi

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