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App wants "client32" folder on a 64-bit machine

MarkCederholm — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 19:31:40 GMT

I've run into a head-scratcher. I have two different apps using a common Runtime deployment folder on a 64-bit machine. The first app is perfectly happy with just the client64 folder present, but the second app wanted the client32 present. I was able to clear the problem by explicitly building the second app for 64-bit, but I didn't have to do that for the first app. Any idea what would be causing this behavior?

Re: App wants "client32" folder on a 64-bit machine

AnttiKajanus1 — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:05:27 GMT

My take is that you have Prefer 32-bit set in the second application properties which makes it trying to run the app in 32 bit mode. I would assume that if you build the app using Any CPU and Prefer 32-bit on, runtime tries to use 32 bit version. If you build the application directly to 64 bit, that doesn't have same issue.

Re: App wants "client32" folder on a 64-bit machine

MarkCederholm — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:39:21 GMT

Where the heck did that come from? Did that appear in VS 2013 with update 5? None of my earlier [VS 2013] projects have that set. Thanks anyway for the tip!

Update: I did some searching, and the option actually appeared with VS 2012. It's still a mystery as to why I haven't run into the problem with earlier projects, unless my memory is just messing with me. 😉