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Old 12th September 2017, 13:13   #3608  |  Link
LigH
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No, that's the common mis-assumption. For every Windows flavour, "system32" is the place where the DLL for the native architecture goes. For compatibility reasons.

If you have a 32-bit Windows, the 32-bit DLL goes to system32. Logical.
If you have a 64-bit Windows, the 64-bit DLL goes to system32. Because of compatibility reasons.

And because a 32-bit DLL is not native to a 64-bit Windows, it goes to a special directory "SysWOW64", which is mapped to "system32" for 32-bit applications running on a 64-bit Windows in a compatibility layer.

Germans would comment: "Klingt komisch, ist aber so." (Sounds strange but is true.)
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