64 bit

[David Carlson]

On 7/24/2014 6:22 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 04:02:58PM -0700, AC wrote:
>> On 2014-07-24 13:51, Liz wrote:
>>> On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:34:28 -0700
>>> m shires <mshires.wcc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 1.  I had a 32 bit program.  I run a 64 bit Windows but can't find the
>>>> GnuCash 64 bit version.  Can someone explain this?
>>> I believe the answer to this is simply that there is no free-as-in-beer
>>> Windows 64 bit compiler.
>>>
>> Visual Studio 2013 is free.
> of course, you THEN need a windows box/vm on which to run it. :)
>
>
Generally, 32 bit programs run fine in 64 bit windows, GnuCash
included.  At least through Windows 7 and probably Windows 8.

If you check your other programs that you use frequently, you will
probably find that many of them are 32 bit, including Mozilla Firefox.

David C