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The original WOW was doing a 16-bit to 32-bit layer. WOW64 (in 64-bit Windows OSes) does 32-bit to 64-bit. The naming of System32 made sense back when they ca
by blakeyrat 10y ago
The original WOW was doing a 16-bit to 32-bit layer.
WOW64 (in 64-bit Windows OSes) does 32-bit to 64-bit.
The naming of System32 made sense back when they came up with it, but now it's a bit ridiculous. However, since there are so many incompetent Windows programs using hard-coded paths instead of SHGetFolderPath (including, BTW, literally every Java desktop app that doesn't include its own shim-- the JVM itself has this bug!), it's something Microsoft doesn't have the ability to fix.