64bit version of VS2008?

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GaryDean - 29 Mar 2008 16:54 GMT

My MSDN DVD for Visual Studio (Disc 4400 January 2008) just says "Visual
Studio 2008 Professional Edition." I have always assumed it was a 32bit
application. On the MSDN download site it says "32bit and 64bit WoW". Is
this a different version? Does this also contain a 64 bit version?

I'm asking because I recently began using a development laptop running
Windows Vista Ultimatge 64 bit edition. Visual Studio is behaving very
strangely on this computer. Actually ruining the aspx pages.
Thanks,
Gary

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David Wilkinson - 29 Mar 2008 19:45 GMT

> My MSDN DVD for Visual Studio (Disc 4400 January 2008) just says "Visual
> Studio 2008 Professional Edition." I have always assumed it was a 32bit
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> Windows Vista Ultimatge 64 bit edition. Visual Studio is behaving very
> strangely on this computer. Actually ruining the aspx pages.

Gary:

Wow64 (Windows on Windows 64) is the name of the technology used to run 32-bit
applications on a 64-bit OS. AFAIK there is no native 64-bit version of Visual
Studio.

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