Re: Anyone have access to 64-bit Vista?

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On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Johannes Schindelin
<Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Stephen Haberman
>> <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > It kind of works on my Vista 64-bit system--I do not see the shell
>> > extensions in the native Windows Explorer (which is 64 bit), but I do
>> > see the shell extensions in an Explorer replacement I use (Xplorer2)
>> > that is 32-bit.
>> >
>> > I've seen other oddities in 32-bit vs. 64-bit programs--e.g. my alt tab
>> > replacement (Joe), which is 32-bit, works great with 32-bit programs
>> > but cannot remove focus from 64-bit programs (IE, Windows Explorer,
>> > etc.). Ironically, very few of the programs I use are 64-bit, so I get
>> > by with the alt tab replacement.
>> >
>> > - Stephen
>> >
>>
>> Thanks! It seems that 64-bit explorer.exe will not load 32-bit shell
>> extensions. At least now I know I'm not going crazy. :)
>
> How could it?  You cannot have 32-bit code and 64-bit code running in the
> same process.  At least not with x86_64 (AFAIK).
>

Correct, this is also my biggest gripe with how x86_64 is implemented.
Thank you, AMD!

- Steven
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