64 bit OS compatibility

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My application Windows service developed in 32 bit which is running on all the 32 bit windows OS.

My question is i want to install the application on 64 bit windows 2008 R2 machine, for this any configuration changes need to be done?
because i could able to install the service , but not able to run

Posted 21-Mar-11 19:33pm

Reddy Prakash

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**JF2015** · Answer 1 · 2011-03-21T19:37:00

Solution 1

You should read this site if you want to migrate to 64Bit:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms973190.aspx[^]
You can select the target environment of your C# application in the project settings. Just change the target t0 "x86" to be able to run the *.exe on 32Bit and on 64Bit systems. Here is explained how to change that:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5b4eyb0k.aspx[^]

Posted 21-Mar-11 19:37pm

JF2015

Updated 21-Mar-11 19:39pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 22-Mar-11 1:55am

Sure, a 5.
--SA

Espen Harlinn 24-Mar-11 3:48am

My 5 - good links

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2011-03-21T19:57:00

Solution 2

See my Answer to related Question here: C++ unmanaged dll runing at 64bit windows7[^]. (Don't pay attention for the title: unmanaged or managed — does not matter here.)

—SA

Posted 21-Mar-11 19:57pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 21-Mar-11 19:58pm

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