From: Geoffrey Lee Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:41:04 GMT Subject: Re: Anyone have access to 64-bit Vista? Message-ID: <83d7aaa40901271441h47c98edepc16f5026de636134@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090127122456.0df531c3.stephen@exigencecorp.com> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Stephen Haberman wrote: > It kind of works on my Vista 64-bit system--I do not see the shell > extensions in the native Windows Explorer (which is 64 bit), but I do > see the shell extensions in an Explorer replacement I use (Xplorer2) > that is 32-bit. > > I've seen other oddities in 32-bit vs. 64-bit programs--e.g. my alt tab > replacement (Joe), which is 32-bit, works great with 32-bit programs > but cannot remove focus from 64-bit programs (IE, Windows Explorer, > etc.). Ironically, very few of the programs I use are 64-bit, so I get > by with the alt tab replacement. > > - Stephen > Thanks! It seems that 64-bit explorer.exe will not load 32-bit shell extensions. At least now I know I'm not going crazy. :) -Geoffrey Lee