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Hi all,
 
The problem im having involves the ProgramFiles and ProgramFiles(x86).
 
I don't know if this is just a problem with my machine being Windows 8 or it being 64bit but the following both resolve to "C:\Program Files (x86)":
 
string progfiles = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles);
string progfilesx86 = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86);
 
Using other sources i can see other people have had this problem but is there any way around it that anyone knows?
Thanks!
Posted 10 Sep '12 - 22:42
MitchG92_24434
Edited 10 Sep '12 - 22:44
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it depends on the Target platform of your app.. If you set it x64 build, and you run it on x64 machine you should get Program Files. On the other hand if it's x86 target platform then you get C:\Program Files (x86) even if you execute it on x64 machine
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Posted 10 Sep '12 - 22:48
Kuthuparakkal17K
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MitchG92_24 - 11 Sep '12 - 5:02
Thanks Kuthuparakkal, i should really pay attention to these background settings!
Kuthuparakkal - 11 Sep '12 - 5:17
np :)
There is a quick fix to this programmatically:
 
string progfiles = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles);
if (progfiles.EndsWith("(x86)"))
{
    progfiles = progfiles.Replace(" (x86)", "");
}
string progfilesx86 = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86);
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Posted 10 Sep '12 - 23:03
MitchG92_24434
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