Why copying to system32 automatically copies to sysWOW64 instead?

Question

I\'m trying to copy a file to C:\\windows\\system32 by calling CopyFileA - debugging shows that indeed the string \"C:\\windows\\system32\\filename\" is sent to CopyFileA, b

Answer 1

Simply if you want to check the operating system then check it and access the folder system32 is like:

string os = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("WINDIR") + "\\SysWOW64";
            if (Directory.Exists(os))
            {
                destinationDir = Path.Combine(Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%windir%"), "sysnative\\");
        }

By this you can copy the file in system32 folder.

Enjoy: Ali Raza