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which method of scripting is adviced for determinig OS architechture..??

I'm very new to scripting, I have two scripts for determinig architechture

one is using the function :

function Determine64BitMode
    dim Shell, Is64BitOs
    set Shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
    on error resume next
    Shell.RegRead "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProgramFilesDir (x86)"
    Is64BitOs = Err.Number = 0
    on error goto 0
    if Is64BitOs then
        Determine64BitMode = InStr(Shell.RegRead("HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProgramFilesDir"), "(x86)") = 0
    else
        Determine64BitMode = false
    end if
end function

and the other is :

Shell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings( "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%" )

But few people adviced me not to use the later one,

Can anyone spare some time in showing me lights on this..


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Posted by: pjgeutjens 12 years ago
Red Belt
2

have a read of this thread:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1738985/why-processor-architecture-always-returns-x86-instead-of-amd64

Posted by: andibogard 12 years ago
Blue Belt
2

For batch files, I test to see if ProgramFiles(x86) is defined as an environment variable

If defined ProgramFiles(x86) goto 64bit

 

For Powershell, i use test-path "c:\Program Files (x86)" or (Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem).OSArchitecture

 
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