Installing Visual Studio 2005 on Windows x64

I am installing Visual Studio 2005 on a Windows x64 operating system.  As you know there are 2 directories for Program Files on a Windows x64 system.  The setup is stating that it is installing x64 components like net frameworkd and etc.  but the default for the installation is in the Program Files (x86) directory.  Is this correct or should it get installed in the Program Files directory

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Installing Visual Studio 2005 on Windows x64

  • chrisk13

    Mine is in Program Files (x86)

  • Gustavo Frederico

    VS 2005 itself is not native 64 bit.

    The only native 64 bit components are the framework and the remote debugger.

    Visual Studio will run under WOW on a 64 bit machine.


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