Hi, Andrew.
I'm running Win7 Ultimate x64. When I open a Command Prompt window and type
Dir C:\notepad.exe /s /a, I get SIX files!
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Directory of C:\Windows
07/13/2009 08:39 PM 193,536 notepad.exe
1 File(s) 193,536 bytes
Directory of C:\Windows\System32
07/13/2009 08:39 PM 193,536 notepad.exe
1 File(s) 193,536 bytes
Directory of C:\Windows\SysWOW64
07/13/2009 08:14 PM 179,712 notepad.exe
1 File(s) 179,712 bytes
Directory of
C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-notepadwin_31bf3856ad364
e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_9ebebe8614be1470
07/13/2009 08:39 PM 193,536 notepad.exe
1 File(s) 193,536 bytes
Directory of
C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-notepad_31bf3856ad364e35
_6.1.7600.16385_none_cb0f7f2289b0c21a
07/13/2009 08:39 PM 193,536 notepad.exe
1 File(s) 193,536 bytes
Directory of
C:\Windows\winsxs\wow64_microsoft-windows-notepad_31bf3856ad364e35
_6.1.7600.16385_none_d5642974be118415
07/13/2009 08:14 PM 179,712 notepad.exe
1 File(s) 179,712 bytes
Total Files Listed:
6 File(s) 1,133,568 bytes
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I don't know if any of these are 32-bit, but they are all a part of Win7
Ultimate x64. Note that 4 are 193,536 bytes each; the other 2 are 179,712
each. All are dated 7/13/2009, but the smaller ones are time-stamped 25
minutes earlier.
Win7 Ultimate x86 has 4 copies of notepad.exe, 179,712 bytes each and
time-stamped 8:14 PM. Two are in Windows and Windows\System32; the other
two are in folders with long names starting with Windows\winsxs\x86...
Note that all of these are in the Windows folder tree, NOT in Program Files
or Program Files (x86).
Does this help any?
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
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Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64