C#: How to tell architecture of machine

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How to detect Windows 64 bit platform with .net?

At a low level, how can I tell if a particular machine is 64-bit or 32-bit? I have a Firebird d/b that appears to be sensitive to the 64-bit architecture, and I want to verify that.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 20 '11 at 00:29

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It sounds like the Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem property is exactly what you need.

answered Feb 20 '11 at 00:29

LukeH

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Touché, +1. Didn't know that existed. – Brad Christie Feb 20 '11 at 00:30
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@Brad: Probably because this is new in .NET 4.0. – Cody Gray Feb 20 '11 at 08:47

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You can tell if you are running under a 64 bit OS with the Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem property. If you have a 64bit machine but with a 32 bit OS installed then everything will be running as 32 bit.

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C#: How to tell architecture of machine

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