Best Way to build/Develop C# Desktop Application which run on both 32 Bit & 64 Bit

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Hello Team,

I have develop one C# 4.0 windows form/desktop application, Now I want to run that application both on 32 Bit & 64 Bit OS.
What settings/changes do i need to make?
I don't want to create separate setup files for this.
Please suggest!

Thanks,
Pravin

Posted 3-Jul-13 23:51pm

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Updated 3-Jul-13 23:52pm

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Sushil Mate 4-Jul-13 5:54am

your 32 bit application will work on 64 bit machine. I guess you don't have to worry about it.

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**Orcun Iyigun** · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-04T00:33:00

Solution 1

Windows Installer doesn't support mixed 32/64-bit packages but there are some options you can accomplish this. Like creating an MSI with a bootstrap. Please refer to the following links:
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Good luck,
OI

Posted 4-Jul-13 0:33am

Orcun Iyigun