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by cangeroo 907 days ago
Some x86 apps refuse to run on ARM, having platform detection built-in to their installer.
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If it's an MSI-based installer, it's pretty easy to edit the MSI with Orca to remove the check. This is similar to how you'd get client software installs unblocked on Windows Server. In other cases, there are often ways to trick it, but it's contextual.