> Would it really have been so terrible to leave the old directory alone and call the new one "Program Files (x64)"? The same thing happened with the System32

> Would it really have been so terrible to leave the old directory alone and call the new one "Program Files (x64)"? The same thing happened with the System32 folder. On 64-bit systems, System32 actually contains the 64-bit(!) versions, and the equally confusingly named SysWOW64 contains the 32-bit versions. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/949959/why-do-64-bit-dlls-go-to-system32-and-32-bit-dlls-to-syswow64-on-64-bit-windows https://stackoverflow.com/questions/949959/why-do-64-bit-dll...