Detect whether Office is 32bit or 64bit via the registry

Question

Now that Office also comes in a 64bit install, where in the registry do you find out if the version of Office installed is 32bit or 64bit?

Answer 1

EDIT : Solution without touching RegistryKeys - im Sorry Op.

I found out that there is a solution in C# - the original can be found here : https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/webdav_101/2016/07/26/sample-detecting-installed-outlook-and-its-bitness/

I modified it a bit for my needs.

just pass the correct outlookPath to GetOutlookBitness()

  public enum BinaryType : uint

    {
        SCS_32BIT_BINARY = 0, // A 32-bit Windows-based application
        SCS_64BIT_BINARY = 6, // A 64-bit Windows-based application.
        SCS_DOS_BINARY = 1, // An MS-DOS – based application
        SCS_OS216_BINARY = 5, // A 16-bit OS/2-based application
        SCS_PIF_BINARY = 3, // A PIF file that executes an MS-DOS – based application
        SCS_POSIX_BINARY = 4, // A POSIX – based application
        SCS_WOW_BINARY = 2 // A 16-bit Windows-based application
    }



    [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
    static extern bool GetBinaryType(string lpApplicationName, out BinaryType lpBinaryType);




    public int GetOutlookBitness(string FilePath)
    {
        int bitness = 0;

        if (File.Exists(FilePath))
        {
            BinaryType type;
            GetBinaryType(FilePath, out type);


            switch (type)
            {
                case BinaryType.SCS_32BIT_BINARY:
                    bitness = 32;
                    break;
                case BinaryType.SCS_64BIT_BINARY:
                    bitness = 64;
                    break;
            }
        }

        return bitness;



    }