How to detect Windows 64-bit platform with .NET?

Question

In a .NET 2.0 C# application I use the following code to detect the operating system platform:

string os_platform = System.Environment.OSVersion.Platform.ToS         


        

Answer 1

Use this to get the installed Windows architecture:

string getOSArchitecture()
{
    string architectureStr;
    if (Directory.Exists(Environment.GetFolderPath(
                           Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86))) {
        architectureStr ="64-bit";
    }
    else {
        architectureStr = "32-bit";
    }
    return architectureStr;
}