Detect whether current Windows version is 32 bit or 64 bit

Question

Believe it or not, my installer is so old that it doesn\'t have an option to detect the 64-bit version of Windows.

Is there a Windows DLL call or (even better) an en

Answer 1

The best way is surely just to check whether there are two program files directories, 'Program Files'and 'Program Files (x86)' The advantage of this method is you can do it when the o/s is not running, for instance if the machine has failed to start and you wish to reinstall the operating system