Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles value for a 32-bit application on Windows 7?

Question

What would a 32-bit application running on Windows 7 return for the below?

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles)

C:\Program Files (x86) or C:\Program Files?

Solution 1

On 32 bit Windows 7 you should get "C:\Program Files", on 64 bit "C:\Program Files (x86)".

Solution 2

It doesn't matter what it returns. Either value will map to the same folder, file system virtualization will always map it to (x86) for a 32-bit app.

Solution 3

Well I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit so I wanted to know for sure what was returned, so I put this into a console application to see what was returned

Console.WriteLine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles));

And it returned C:\Program Files

Solution 4

C:\Program Files (x86)

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