“This application could not be started.” Only when the file is in system32 directory

Question

I wrote a little piece of software that downloads file from internet, that is, nothing more. My intentions are to use it thru the command line... It works great, but when I plac

Answer 1

If you put your 32-bit exe in both the System32 and the SysWOW64 folder. It works just fine. Not one, not the other, but both folders.

This might sound strange, but try it. If you put the same exe in both folders it will start up without any modifications.