Strange behavior in Windows XP 64-bit Edition

[tbone]

I just installed my favorite launcher program, TurboLaunch, on my new
quad core system with Win XP 64-bit, and noticed some strange
behavior.

I tried to add the icon for Computer Management to it, but it could
not see the executable file. I checked with Windows Explorer, and the
file pointed to by the Start menu shortcut exists (compmgmt.msc), but
TurboLaunch can't see it.

After coming across this with another program, nVidia's RAID manager
program, NvRaidMan.exe, I've come to think that 32-bit programs can't
see certain files in C:\Windows\system32.

I've temporarily worked around this by copying the files I want to run
via TurboLaunch into another folder. This seems to work; the programs
start up and seem to work ok.

Is this behavior expected? Can someone point me to a tutorial that
explains this? It might alert me to other differences to be aware of.

Thanks
tbone

 

[Allan]

Re: Strange behavior in Windows XP 64-bit Edition


"tbone" <noneedto@email.me> wrote in message
news:tl5s64pqc8a02dr3fq0c9920cefud5p3a4@4ax.com...
>I just installed my favorite launcher program, TurboLaunch, on my new
> quad core system with Win XP 64-bit, and noticed some strange
> behavior.
>
> I tried to add the icon for Computer Management to it, but it could
> not see the executable file. I checked with Windows Explorer, and the
> file pointed to by the Start menu shortcut exists (compmgmt.msc), but
> TurboLaunch can't see it.
>
> After coming across this with another program, nVidia's RAID manager
> program, NvRaidMan.exe, I've come to think that 32-bit programs can't
> see certain files in C:\Windows\system32.
>
> I've temporarily worked around this by copying the files I want to run
> via TurboLaunch into another folder. This seems to work; the programs
> start up and seem to work ok.
>
> Is this behavior expected? Can someone point me to a tutorial that
> explains this? It might alert me to other differences to be aware of.
Since this has to do with Windows XP Pro x64 you should post to
microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general .
There may be already posts about this issue in that NG.

--
Allan

 

[michael]

Re: Strange behavior in Windows XP 64-bit Edition

tbone wrote:
> I just installed my favorite launcher program, TurboLaunch, on my new
> quad core system with Win XP 64-bit, and noticed some strange
> behavior.
>
> I tried to add the icon for Computer Management to it, but it could
> not see the executable file. I checked with Windows Explorer, and the
> file pointed to by the Start menu shortcut exists (compmgmt.msc), but
> TurboLaunch can't see it.
>
> After coming across this with another program, nVidia's RAID manager
> program, NvRaidMan.exe, I've come to think that 32-bit programs can't
> see certain files in C:\Windows\system32.
>
> I've temporarily worked around this by copying the files I want to run
> via TurboLaunch into another folder. This seems to work; the programs
> start up and seem to work ok.
>
> Is this behavior expected? Can someone point me to a tutorial that
> explains this? It might alert me to other differences to be aware of.
>
> Thanks
> tbone
The WOW64 emulator redirects the %windir%\system32 in the 32-bit
sub-system to %windir%\syswow64 in the real machine.

 

[tbone]

Re: Strange behavior in Windows XP 64-bit Edition

Thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately, none of the news servers I
use have any groups specific to Windows 64bit systems. Perhaps you
could reflect this thread there. I did get an answer, so perhaps
others could derive benefit from it.

Thanks
tbone

>Since this has to do with Windows XP Pro x64 you should post to
>microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general .
>There may be already posts about this issue in that NG.

 

[tbone]

Re: Strange behavior in Windows XP 64-bit Edition

That explains it!

Thanks
tbone

>The WOW64 emulator redirects the %windir%\system32 in the 32-bit
>sub-system to %windir%\syswow64 in the real machine.

 

[Allan]

Re: Strange behavior in Windows XP 64-bit Edition


"tbone" <noneedto@email.me> wrote in message
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> Thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately, none of the news servers I
> use have any groups specific to Windows 64bit systems. Perhaps you
> could reflect this thread there. I did get an answer, so perhaps
> others could derive benefit from it.
Try the server <msnews.microsoft.com>.

--
Allan