Re: [GnomeSword-developers] Xiphos 4.0.1

[Henry <de...@gm...>]

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> Yes, that was noticed.  I haven't any idea why, and I would welcome
clues.  I don't see any control in win32/nsis/installer*.nsi to indicate a
preference, so somehow a bogus default is being chosen

If you use a 32 bit exe that calls the SHGetKnownFolderPath on a 64 bit
system, it will return "Program Files (x86)" as the "Program Files" folder.

If that same exe asks for the X64 folder the API returns File or Folder not
found.

The same code compiled as a 64 bit exe  finds the appropriate folder.

Apparently, the solution would be to use a 64 bit exe Nsis installer or
bypass the logic used by the 32 bit Nsis installer and use
"%systemdrive%\Program Files."