64bit Question

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On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 05:23:46PM -0400, Richard Kreiss may or may not have
proven themselves an utter git by pronouncing:
> 
> This is the error message when I try to run ls.com - old program similar to
> dir but lists files with the same extension in the same color.
> 
> These .com programs were freeware utilities from one of the pc magazines.
> 
> W:\Downloads>ls
> This version of W:\Downloads\LS.COM is not compatible with the version of
> Windows
> you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you
> need
> a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the
> software publisher.

That error message is 99.9% likely coming from the binary itself, not from
Windows.  Look at how it phrases things, and consider that the OS would
know exactly which version was needed.

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