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From: Mike on 7 Nov 2006 11:30 A very strange behavior. TotalCommander can't see c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc dir. It reads c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\ but the content is incomplete, it lacks various files and directories, and so "etc" dir. Accessing it with "cd etc" is succesfully and I can then see my hosts file. The strange thing is on this XP x64 explorer the directory content is correct, the problem appears with Total Commander only, it's 6.54a not registered. On another PC with windows server 2003 the problem does not appear.
From: Charlie Russel - MVP on 7 Nov 2006 11:47 That's because Total Commander is a 32-bit application. Windows x64 Editions -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/xperts64 "Mike" <mikedepetris(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1162917041.044988.208680(a)k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >A very strange behavior. TotalCommander can't see > c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc dir. It reads > c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\ but the content is incomplete, it lacks > various files and directories, and so "etc" dir. Accessing it with "cd > etc" is succesfully and I can then see my hosts file. > > The strange thing is on this XP x64 explorer the directory content is > correct, the problem appears with Total Commander only, it's 6.54a not > registered. > On another PC with windows server 2003 the problem does not appear. >
From: Charlie Russel - MVP on 7 Nov 2006 11:50 That's because Total Commander is a 32-bit application. x64 Editions of Windows have two directory structures here: Windows\System32, and Windows\SysWOW64. 32-bit applications see the SysWOW64 structure as System32. This redirection is the same as what happens in the registry - there is a WOW64 node in the registry that is what a 32-bit application will see in HKLM. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/xperts64 "Mike" <mikedepetris(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1162917041.044988.208680(a)k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >A very strange behavior. TotalCommander can't see > c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc dir. It reads > c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\ but the content is incomplete, it lacks > various files and directories, and so "etc" dir. Accessing it with "cd > etc" is succesfully and I can then see my hosts file. > > The strange thing is on this XP x64 explorer the directory content is > correct, the problem appears with Total Commander only, it's 6.54a not > registered. > On another PC with windows server 2003 the problem does not appear. >
From: Carlos on 7 Nov 2006 13:30 Charlie: You are quite right. I know of an x64 file explorer from these guys: http://www.speedproject.de/enu/ which is called Speedcommander (http://www.speedproject.de/enu/speedcommander/index.html). This one works in Windows x64 as a native x64 app and has proper access to the system32 folder. Might also be the solution for the OP in Vista x64. I have not seen so far any Vista x64 native file manager. Carlos "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote: > That's because Total Commander is a 32-bit application. x64 Editions of > Windows have two directory structures here: Windows\System32, and > Windows\SysWOW64. 32-bit applications see the SysWOW64 structure as > System32. This redirection is the same as what happens in the registry - > there is a WOW64 node in the registry that is what a 32-bit application will > see in HKLM. > > -- > Charlie. > http://msmvps.com/xperts64 > > > "Mike" <mikedepetris(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1162917041.044988.208680(a)k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > >A very strange behavior. TotalCommander can't see > > c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc dir. It reads > > c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\ but the content is incomplete, it lacks > > various files and directories, and so "etc" dir. Accessing it with "cd > > etc" is succesfully and I can then see my hosts file. > > > > The strange thing is on this XP x64 explorer the directory content is > > correct, the problem appears with Total Commander only, it's 6.54a not > > registered. > > On another PC with windows server 2003 the problem does not appear. > > >
From: Dshai on 7 Nov 2006 14:21
Good call Carlos, nice program...;o) "Carlos" <Carlos(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:541D1F31-0CCD-456C-A62E-B6F999BD660C(a)microsoft.com... > Charlie: > You are quite right. > I know of an x64 file explorer from these guys: > http://www.speedproject.de/enu/ > which is called Speedcommander > (http://www.speedproject.de/enu/speedcommander/index.html). > This one works in Windows x64 as a native x64 app and has proper access to > the system32 folder. > Might also be the solution for the OP in Vista x64. > I have not seen so far any Vista x64 native file manager. > Carlos > > "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote: > >> That's because Total Commander is a 32-bit application. x64 Editions of >> Windows have two directory structures here: Windows\System32, and >> Windows\SysWOW64. 32-bit applications see the SysWOW64 structure as >> System32. This redirection is the same as what happens in the registry - >> there is a WOW64 node in the registry that is what a 32-bit application >> will >> see in HKLM. >> >> -- >> Charlie. >> http://msmvps.com/xperts64 >> >> >> "Mike" <mikedepetris(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:1162917041.044988.208680(a)k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> >A very strange behavior. TotalCommander can't see >> > c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc dir. It reads >> > c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\ but the content is incomplete, it lacks >> > various files and directories, and so "etc" dir. Accessing it with "cd >> > etc" is succesfully and I can then see my hosts file. >> > >> > The strange thing is on this XP x64 explorer the directory content is >> > correct, the problem appears with Total Commander only, it's 6.54a not >> > registered. >> > On another PC with windows server 2003 the problem does not appear. >> > >> |