64 bit - System32 Folder on a 64-bit system

Question

I have a cmd file that runs on 32 bit Vista system.

I notice that the code has references to the system32 driver folder.

I'm wondering whether the code could potentially run on a 64 bit Windows 7 system. So I guess my question is Does a 64 bit system contain a system32 folder?

Be very grateful for any replies.

Answer 1

The System32 folder in 64-bit Windows actually contains the 64-bit files, and 32-bit programs running under WOW64 would generally go looking in System32 for the 32-bit DLLs etc. that they can call - but they'll find the 64-bit ones instead. Therefore the OS redirects all 32-bit applications' requests for the System32 folder to the SysWOW64 folder, which contains 32-bit system files.