Detect if machine is 64bit

[asphughes]

Hi

What is the code for detecting if the users machine is 64 bit?

Thanks

 

[vis781]

I've heard that there is an API call that can determine this..

::IsWindowsWow64

It is only present in 64 bit windows but it is located in Kernal32.dll. So you could try it, you'll need to proper declaration, If you can't find an entry point in Kernal32.dll then you can assume windows is 32 bit, if the call returns without an error then 64 bit could be assumed.

 

[asphughes]

Thanks for your reply.

In the end I just checked for the existence of the "C:/Program files (x86)" folder which works fine for my scenario.