64 bit Control Panel

WindowsStar said:

This is true, I have done it many times. The catch is that if someone else needs to work on the computer they have no idea that you did this and must assume that all software in (x86) is 32bit and all not in (x86) is 64bit.

My advice is to try to keep 32bit and 64bit programs in the correct folders for ease of working on your system and/or if others need to work on it too. JMHO.

Nobody touches my system but me so it isn't a problem.

Father Jack wrote:
My, does not display 32 bit in its title.

Your ODBC appears to be missing, either that or it really is too early for me ......

WindowsStar wrote:
Is this something that you can easily uninstall and then re-install to do some testing??

I can uninstall/reinstall this program, but if control panel is only showing one version of ODBC then wont the results remain the same?

BTW, which version of ODBC is control panel showing? It says 32 bits, but it is running the odbcad32.exe that is in System32 directory, which someone said is the 64 bit version .....

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Bidski

The Howling Wolves said:

Have you tried post #2.................After all the help you are getting we are almost back to #2

Just tried this, not only did it not work but Windows, in its infinite wisdom, decided to overwrite the boot record. Now I have lost access to the other OS that I had installed on my system.

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Bidski

Bidski said:

Father Jack wrote:
My, does not display 32 bit in its title.

Your ODBC appears to be missing, either that or it really is too early for me ......

Not missing, just hidden. Only the "regularly used" applets are shown, tucked the rest away.

severedsolo said:

Well the quickest way to test that is to run the program and then open Task manager under the processes tab, if it says "ODBC (or whatever)*32 then its running in 32 bit

No *32 on ODBC

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Bidski

does anyone have any other thoughts on this?

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Bidski

wow, for real? nothing?

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Bidski