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by monocasa 586 days ago
On windows, a lot of installers are 32-bit even if the application they're installing is 64-bit so that they can fail gracefully on 32-bit OSes.
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pishpash 586 days ago
Why would you care that the installer fails gracefully?
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solardev 586 days ago
It's helpful for the users
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pishpash 586 days ago
The OS already throws a specific error message, and it is the OS that should be responsible for this.
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tom_ 586 days ago
This gives you no opportunity for a customized product-specific upgrade UI!

Choosing to install the 32-bit version could also be an option I suppose.

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