Everything installs in 32 bit

[Oliverckaas]

So I have built this computer a while ago, and everything installs in 32 bit, but I have 64 bit windows and everything.

how do I fix this?  :blink:

[Sauron]

What are you installing? Did you download the 64 bit installer?

[Godlygamer23]

Can you show us it's the 64-bit version of Windows? Some programs also have separate installers for each bit version. If you're using an installer that's 64-bit only, it cannot install in anything except for 64-bit.

[ashypanda]

a lot of programs are still written for 32-bit, and it makes no difference has most programs will not use 3.5gb of ram.

[boarder2k7]

A lot of software doesn't even have an x64 variant because it wouldn't benefit from it anyway, so the devs wrote one for all platforms.

Edit: @ashypanda Dangit you beat me to the post button!

[Coaxialgamer]

So I have built this computer a while ago, and everything installs in 32 bit, but I have 64 bit windows and everything.

how do I fix this?  :blink:

-check if 64 bit windows in pc info

-check if using 64 bit installer

- a lot of programs are still written in 32 bit

[Master Disaster]

a lot of programs are still written for 32-bit, and it makes no difference has most programs will not use 3.5gb of ram.

That's not the only benefit of X64 but yeah, it's certainly the reason most devs use X64 instructions in their apps.

[Oliverckaas]

What are you installing? Did you download the 64 bit installer?

Steam games, Google crome etc

[Oliverckaas]

Can you show us it's the 64-bit version of Windows? Some programs also have separate installers for each bit version. If you're using an installer that's 64-bit only, it cannot install in anything except for 64-bit.

http://prntscr.com/9f0uga

[Sauron]

Steam games, Google crome etc

 

then the games you're installing don't support 64 bit and you downloaded the wrong installer for chrome

[kirashi]

So I have built this computer a while ago, and everything installs in 32 bit, but I have 64 bit windows and everything.

how do I fix this?  :blink:

 

Even if your Operating System is 64-bit, the programs won't automagically become 64-bit too.

Games, programs, and applications have to be written in 64-bit code or they won't install as such.

 

For example, Firefox is only just becoming 64-bit in recent years. You used to have to install Waterfox if you wanted a 64-bit optimized Firefox.

(maybe this is still the case; I don't use Firefox anymore so I wouldn't know) Looks like firefox is finally 64-bit now too!

 

That's why you'll have C:\Program Files (x86) and C:\Program Files in the root of your C: Drive.