Re: Anyone have access to 64-bit Vista?

[Geoffrey Lee <geoffreyj.lee@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Stephen Haberman
<stephen@exigencecorp.com> wrote:
> It kind of works on my Vista 64-bit system--I do not see the shell
> extensions in the native Windows Explorer (which is 64 bit), but I do
> see the shell extensions in an Explorer replacement I use (Xplorer2)
> that is 32-bit.
>
> I've seen other oddities in 32-bit vs. 64-bit programs--e.g. my alt tab
> replacement (Joe), which is 32-bit, works great with 32-bit programs
> but cannot remove focus from 64-bit programs (IE, Windows Explorer,
> etc.). Ironically, very few of the programs I use are 64-bit, so I get
> by with the alt tab replacement.
>
> - Stephen
>

Thanks! It seems that 64-bit explorer.exe will not load 32-bit shell
extensions. At least now I know I'm not going crazy. :)

-Geoffrey Lee