Can you run all 32 bit application in a 64 bit system running vista?

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kakkalo

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i am kinda newbie to the 64 bit world and i am trying to buy a new laptop which is preloaded with 64bit version of windows vista home premium. but my question is can i run all the apps that i use now on the new machine.
like say i want to use firefox. so can i just go to firefox.com and download and run it. will it run properly? or i need some kind of special version of the software.

so can any of you help me with it before i buy the ladtop. thank you :)
 

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That is a very good question. Hopefully my answer is just as good: yes. Everything should run just fine. I use firefox myself on a 64 bit and it works. All your programs should work just fine. Some may not work too well, and some have 64 bit forms, but 98% should work normally.

Thanks be to the computer gods for backwards compatibility!

~Lordbob
 

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kakkalo said:
i am kinda newbie to the 64 bit world and i am trying to buy a new laptop which is preloaded with 64bit version of windows vista home premium. but my question is can i run all the apps that i use now on the new machine.
like say i want to use firefox. so can i just go to firefox.com and download and run it. will it run properly? or i need some kind of special version of the software.

so can any of you help me with it before i buy the ladtop. thank you :)
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LordBob75 answered your question nicely. The only thing he neglected to mention is that on x64 systems, you cannot run 16-Bit programs, which includes older 32-Bit applications that still use 16-Bit installers.

Other than that, I concur 100% with LordBob75's answer: Most, if not all, 32-Bit programs should run without issues on Vista x64.
 

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thank you both of you guys. @Dzomlija is there any way to find out if a software uses 16bit installer. like some of my daily uses program are firefox, ms office, vlc player, photoshop,notepad ++, dreamweaver, avg anti virus (free edition) and of course firefox.

does any of those software fave any competebility issue or is there any thing eles that i should keep in mind.. thank you again :)
 

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I use all of those in my 64 bit system, never had a problem.

@dzomlija: that's why it was 98% not 100%.

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kakkalo said:
thank you both of you guys. @Dzomlija is there any way to find out if a software uses 16bit installer. like some of my daily uses program are firefox, ms office, vlc player, photoshop,notepad ++, dreamweaver, avg anti virus (free edition) and of course firefox.

does any of those software fave any competebility issue or is there any thing eles that i should keep in mind.. thank you again :)
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Not really, except for the older apps. And I'm talking about those from pre-XP days, up to those of about 2002 - 2003. Other than that, if you're using all recently released applications, they will all probably use the Windows Installer services, which never supported 16-bit anyway.
 

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There is a caveat - any 32bit application that tried to install a driver that is not 64bit OS compatible will not work (such as some obscure VPN clients, etc).
 

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Dzomlija said:
kakkalo said:
i am kinda newbie to the 64 bit world and i am trying to buy a new laptop which is preloaded with 64bit version of windows vista home premium. but my question is can i run all the apps that i use now on the new machine.
like say i want to use firefox. so can i just go to firefox.com and download and run it. will it run properly? or i need some kind of special version of the software.

so can any of you help me with it before i buy the ladtop. thank you :)
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The only thing he neglected to mention is that on x64 systems, you cannot run 16-Bit programs, which includes older 32-Bit applications that still use 16-Bit installers..
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I actually got the original Fallout to install on Vista 64, which uses a 16-bit installer. Had to run it in Windows 95 compatibility mode, but it still installed and the game ran fine no problem.
 

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Everlong18 said:
Dzomlija said:
kakkalo said:
i am kinda newbie to the 64 bit world and i am trying to buy a new laptop which is preloaded with 64bit version of windows vista home premium. but my question is can i run all the apps that i use now on the new machine.
like say i want to use firefox. so can i just go to firefox.com and download and run it. will it run properly? or i need some kind of special version of the software.

so can any of you help me with it before i buy the ladtop. thank you :)
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The only thing he neglected to mention is that on x64 systems, you cannot run 16-Bit programs, which includes older 32-Bit applications that still use 16-Bit installers..
Click to expand...

I actually got the original Fallout to install on Vista 64, which uses a 16-bit installer. Had to run it in Windows 95 compatibility mode, but it still installed and the game ran fine no problem.
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I doubt that installer is 16-bit - Vista x64 just does not support 16 bit apps, no matter what compatibility options you choose.
 

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Dzomlija said:
Everlong18 said:
Dzomlija said:
The only thing he neglected to mention is that on x64 systems, you cannot run 16-Bit programs, which includes older 32-Bit applications that still use 16-Bit installers..
Click to expand...

I actually got the original Fallout to install on Vista 64, which uses a 16-bit installer. Had to run it in Windows 95 compatibility mode, but it still installed and the game ran fine no problem.
Click to expand...

I doubt that installer is 16-bit - Vista x64 just does not support 16 bit apps, no matter what compatibility options you choose.
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Well the forum I read, which helped me to get it working, are saying it is a 16 bit installer and it can only be run in Win 95 mode.
 

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Everlong18 said:
Dzomlija said:
Everlong18 said:
I actually got the original Fallout to install on Vista 64, which uses a 16-bit installer. Had to run it in Windows 95 compatibility mode, but it still installed and the game ran fine no problem.
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I doubt that installer is 16-bit - Vista x64 just does not support 16 bit apps, no matter what compatibility options you choose.
Click to expand...

Well the forum I read, which helped me to get it working, are saying it is a 16 bit installer and it can only be run in Win 95 mode.
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Then you're one of the lucky ones.

I've just done a test with some really old software (Office 97, if you must know), and I got the "This is not a valid Win32 Application" error, no matter what compatibility settings I used.

It doesn't really matter, does it? Since in the rare case when I do have a program that uses a 16-Bit installer, I run in on XP inside Virtual PC 2007.
 

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Dzomlija said:
Everlong18 said:
Dzomlija said:
I doubt that installer is 16-bit - Vista x64 just does not support 16 bit apps, no matter what compatibility options you choose.
Click to expand...

Well the forum I read, which helped me to get it working, are saying it is a 16 bit installer and it can only be run in Win 95 mode.
Click to expand...

Then you're one of the lucky ones.

I've just done a test with some really old software (Office 97, if you must know), and I got the "This is not a valid Win32 Application" error, no matter what compatibility settings I used.

It doesn't really matter, does it? Since in the rare case when I do have a program that uses a 16-Bit installer, I run in on XP inside Virtual PC 2007.
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Well I might be wrong anyway, and it might just be a 32 bit app as I read in the readme file that there was problems with running Fallout on Window NT systems, so that forum might just have been wrong, as at first when I read it was sceptical myself to it actually being 16 bit.
 

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