Excellent, Dan!  That will probably stop a lot of future questions and 
confusion. 


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> On 21 Oct 2023, at 14:34, Dan Smith via chirp_users 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> 
>> the 32 bit zip file works all the time for me, and doesn't need to be 
>> installed. Just unzip and run.
> 
> Since this has come up a few times now and people are quite confused, I just 
> wanted to clarify:
> 
> There is *no* 32-bit Windows version of CHIRP-next, and there hasn't been 
> since we started at the beginning of the year. The zip file is named "win32" 
> because that is what a lot of non-Windows people (i.e. me) have called the 
> platform for decades. However, that's not proper terminology for 64-bit 
> windows and what was inside that zip file is a 64-bit (only) binary. You can 
> see it from task manager:
> 
> <PastedGraphic-1.png>
> 
> 
> I've fixed that in today's build so it's now properly referred to as "win64".
> 
> Today's installer should also run on 32-bit machines and tell the user in no 
> uncertain terms that 64-bit is required (if anyone has a 32-bit system around 
> to help confirm, I'd appreciate it). It also checks the OS version and makes 
> sure you're running windows 10 or later to avoid installing it only to find 
> it won't run.
> 
> Hopefully that will clarify things a bit for the future!
> 
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