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Nick R
Asked: 2009-05-16 01:26:13 +0800 CST

Running explorer as 32 bit on Windows 7 64 bit

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How can you run a 32 bit version of explorer on 64 bit windows 7 x64?

This is to allow tortoisehg to work.

I've tried running "c:\windows\syswow64\explorer /separate" and it just starts another version of the 64 bit explorer.

windows-7 64-bit

7 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    There is no 32bit explored executable bundled with 64bit win7, so you cant.

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  2. Seems like there's currently no known way of getting this to work in Windows 7 (does in Vista though) according to the answers further down here: Stackoverflow question 39746

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  3. Use the "Virtual XP Mode" addon. I am running Windows 7 64-bit and use the Cisco VPN and XP 32-bit IE for connecting to the corporate network.

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  4. You might be able to run 32-bit Explorer if you stop all other instances of the Explorer.exe process. Including your desktop shell. (Note that sometimes it can hang around in the background.)

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  5. There's a 64-bit version of TortoiseHg right on their download page:

    http://tortoisehg.bitbucket.org/download/index.html

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  6. The general rule is:

    If you start a app or script from a Desktop shortcut or Windows Explorer (= 64-bit applications on 64-bit Windows!) the script runs in 64-bit mode. But if you start the same script from a 32-bit application such as Total Commander the scripts runs in 32-bit mode.

    Copied from http://www.iopus.com/iMacros/support/x64.htm

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  7. Explorer++ is the solution that worked for us to run ClearCase. All our context menu's display in explorer++ and is also useful as it has Tabs in it

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