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Dave Thomson asked about the folders Program Files and Program Files (x86). “Why are there two, and is there some advantage of using one over the other?”

First, you shouldn’t pick one over the other. Let Windows make that decision when it installs the software.

Like most up-to-date PC users, you’re clearly running a bit version of Windows. Computers capable of running bit code (also referred to as x64) have been around for almost a decade, and are pretty much ubiquitous these days. The same goes for x64 versions of Windows.

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But although the vast majority of PCs these days run x64 Windows, a great many programs (quite possibly most of the ones on your PC) are still written for the older bit version. For purposes of backward compatibility, Windows x64 needs to run both and bit programs.

Windows runs smoother if it keeps these two very different types of code separate. The operating system can’t assume that an x86 program even knows that such a thing as x64 code exists, and that could cause problems if they cross. For instance, if a

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Can you create Program Files x86 by yourself?

Can you create Program Files x86 by yourself?

First thing you should know about the x86 version of the Program Files folder.

This folder only exists on bit installations of Windows. Given that it is possible to install a bit version of Windows, if you do so, no Program Files X86 will exists, and the Program Files folder will automatically be the one where X86 programs are installed, since no X64 programs can run on the system.

When using a bit version of Windows, Windows installers will automatically install programs to the Program Files or Program Files x86 folder depending on if its the x86 or x64 version of that program. Windows will create that folder at the location where it expects it to be during install.

If you create this folder somewhere on your disk, windows will not know about it and thus won't start using it. Creating it yourself has no value at all.

The Program Files folders are special though. Inside the program files folder, there are the Common Files folder. Windows will install libraries here that other programs depends upon, and if these don't exist with the correct content inside, various parts of window

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What's the Difference Between the "Program Files (x86)" and "Program Files" Folders in Windows?

There's a good chance you have both the "C:\Program Files" and "C:\Program Files (x86)" folders on your fönster PC. If you asiatisk around, you'll see that some of your programs are installed in one folder, and some are installed in the other.

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Related: What's the Difference Between bit and bit Windows?

Originally, fönster was only available as a bit operating struktur. On bit versions of Windowseven bit versions of Windows 10, which are still available todayyou'll only see a "C:\Program Files" folder.

This schema Files folder is the recommended location where programs you install should store their executable, data, and other files. In other words, programs install to the schema Files folder.

On bit versions of fönster, bit applications install to the schema Files folder. However, bit versions of Windows also support bit programs, and Microsoft doesn't want bit and bit software getting mixed up in the same place. So, bit programs get installed to the "C:\Program Files (x86)" folder, instead.

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