Way to tell if OS is 32-bit or 64-bit from within VS2005?

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Jessica - 02 Mar 2007 18:32 GMT

I have a package in VS2005, and within it I need to find out if the current
operating system is 32-bit or 64-bit. Is there a way to do this? I've
looked at the System.Environment.OSVersion property, but the OperatingSystem
class doesn't contain this information.
Thanks!

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Bryan Phillips - 14 Mar 2007 22:06 GMT

Look at my blog entry for a simple way to determine this:

http://bphillips76.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!F9B548E4C21D6166!283.entry

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Bryan Phillips
MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE
Blog: http://bphillips76.spaces.live.com

> I have a package in VS2005, and within it I need to find out if the current
> operating system is 32-bit or 64-bit. Is there a way to do this? I've
> looked at the System.Environment.OSVersion property, but the OperatingSystem
> class doesn't contain this information.
> Thanks!

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