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Shane
Shane

Reputation: 2351

Why does Visual Studio try to install to Program Files (x86)?

When I started the installer for VS 2017 the default installation directory was set to Program Files (x86). I am using Windows 10 x64 OS on a 64 bit machine. I downloaded from this link https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/. I just want make sure I am installing the right thing before proceeding.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5135

Answers (1)

trojanh
trojanh

Reputation: 97

This happens when the program is a 32-bit version, and you have a 64-bit version of Windows.

You have downloaded the 32-bit version and that's why its going to that folder. If you were to download a 64-bit version of Visual Studio(a), it would be placed (by default) in to "Program Files".

(a) Unfortunately no such beast exists, so VS will always end up in the x86 variant unless you explicitly put it elsewhere. In other words, what you're seeing is totally normal.

Upvotes: 4

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