Ron O'Brien wrote:
Quote:
> Having just installed Vista Ultimate 64bit I'm left wondering why so much
> space has been taken up on my hard drives by what appears to be a repeat
> of the program files folder.
>
> I have one folder named Program Files and another named Program Files(x86)
> both appear to contain the same files although the (x86) version seems to
> be the one that programs go into - I've just installed WinZip which
> appears in there.
>
> So what's with this crazy method of filling up your hard drive - has
> Microsoft bought shares in a hard drive manufacturer?
>
>
The x86 directory is fir 32-bit programs and the plain Program Files
directory is for 64-bit programs. WinZip is a 32-bit program so that is why
it goes into the x86 directory.
Instead of assuming that what you see is a "crazy method", it would better
serve you to do some reading about 64-bit operating systems.
There is a newsgroup for Vista 64-bit, too. Find it here:
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
Malke
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