Re: Anyone have access to 64-bit Vista?

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 27, 2009, 22:51 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0901272350360.3586@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <83d7aaa40901271441h47c98edepc16f5026de636134@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Geoffrey Lee wrote:

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> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Stephen Haberman
> <stephen@exigencecorp.com> 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. :)

How could it? You cannot have 32-bit code and 64-bit code running in the same process. At least not with x86_64 (AFAIK).

Ciao, Dscho