64bit Question

[Kenneth Brody]

On 9/6/2011 8:01 PM, Fairlight wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 05:23:46PM -0400, Richard Kreiss may or may not have
[...]
>> 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.

FYI -

Windows error code 216 (which is the error by which CreateProcess fails) is:

> //
> // MessageId: ERROR_EXE_MACHINE_TYPE_MISMATCH
> //
> // MessageText:
> //
> // This version of %1 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.
> //
> #define ERROR_EXE_MACHINE_TYPE_MISMATCH  216L


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Kenneth Brody