Re: Curious questions regarding 64-bit apps on a W2K8 64-bit server

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Charlie thank you for taking the time to provide your input. I know I should
not install 64-bit and 32-bit apps in the same Program Files directory. I
also can understand that when I begin an installation of a 64-bit app that
the default installation folder is C:\Program Files. Same goes with 32-bit
apps by default the installation folder is C:\Program Files (x86).
So is it safe to assume that the reason for the two default installation
locations is just to keep 64-bit and 32-bit apps in seperate installation
folders and that there is no harm in creating the same folders for
installation on another partition such a D::\?
Also thanks for the referral to the 64-bit NG. Perhaps I'll post the same
question there also.

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You can install your applications to different partitions without issue,
but do NOT try to install 32-bit and 64-bit applications to the same
directory tree. There are some differences in how 32-bit and 64-bit
applications see the file system and registry that will cause issues.

BTW, there is a 64-bit specific NG where we handle questions exactly like
this: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general.

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Charlie.
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"AllenM" <noemail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I also posted this in the windows server general NG and have not gotten a
response back so far so pardon the double
posting. It would be great to get as many opinions as possible and I know
there are knowledgable NG'ers in this SBS NG who can provide a solid
answer or opinion. It can also pertain to SBS 2008 64-bit. Thanks.


I got a DELL 64-bit server that I am configuring with W2K8 Standard
64-bit.
I've got plenty of disk space and made my C: partition 60GB. I noticed by
default W2K8 created a C:|Program Files and a C:\Program Files (x86)
directories. Pretty much self explainatory. When I load 64-bit apps by
default the install directory points to C:\Program Files I assume because
it
recognizes the application as being a 64-bit app. On the other hand when
I
load a 32-bit application be default the install directory points to
C:\Program Files (x86). So my question is are 64-bit applications
required
to be installed in the C:\Program Files directory in order for it to be
recognmized and run as a 64-bit app or can I create and install all my
64-bit and 32-bit applications on a different partition such as
D:\Program
Files for 64-bit apps and D:\Program Files (x86) for 32-bit apps?





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