Type of installer.exe for 64-bit application

[Manish Jhalani]

I am using setup builder 7.7 for creating installer.exe for an 64-bit application. Installer Type is set to 64-bit. On Windows 7 when I run installer and check task manager installer.exe process is being shown as 32-bit "installer.exe *32".

If I am creating an installer with installer type 64-bit then why its being created as 32-bit. Do we have any way to create 64-bit installer.exe ?

Thanks.

[linder]

Hello,

This is the correct and expected behavior. If you set Installer Type to "64-bit" then the generated executable runs in 64-bit mode to install your 64-bit application on 64-bit Windows OS (and to access 64-bit resources). The installer cannot be executed on 32-bit Windows OS. But the application itself is still a native 32-bit process.

Hope this helps.

Friedrich

[Unregistered]

Hello,

This is the correct and expected behavior. If you set Installer Type to "64-bit" then the generated executable runs in 64-bit mode to install your 64-bit application on 64-bit Windows OS (and to access 64-bit resources). The installer cannot be executed on 32-bit Windows OS. But the application itself is still a native 32-bit process.

Hope this helps.

Friedrich

Thanks for help.

Can setup builder create 64-bit installer.exe (such that the executing process by installer.exe is 64-bit ) ?

[linder]

No. For backward compatibility reasons, this is not possible. From a SetupBuilder installer, you can create a setup for native 32-bit, hybrid 32-/64-bit and native 64-bit applications. Why do you need a true 64-bit process setup.exe?

Friedrich