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To be the "well, actually" guy, "Windows on Windows" was the name for 16-bit windows on win32. Because "Windows" meant Windows 3.1 in those days. But "Windows
by muststopmyths 6y ago
To be the "well, actually" guy, "Windows on Windows" was the name for 16-bit windows on win32. Because "Windows" meant Windows 3.1 in those days.
But "Windows on Win64" is WOW64, i.e., Win32 on Win64. Because by then "Windows" meant Win32.
so "SysWow64" is the "System directory for WOW64".
I've been on Windows too long because it all seems perfectly logical to me.