Hi Charlie,
Thanks for the added detail... Interesting that 64-bit processes cannot load 32-bit DLL:s -- I hadn't even thought about it that way.
It would be nice if we could build DQSD for 64-bit, but there are two main problems:
a) Getting a build environment for 64-bit targets
b) Testing and fixing potential bugs occuring only on 64-bit targets
If you (or anyone else) can help with these two, I'd be happy to give it a shot.
Does anybody know if we need to run on Win64 to build for Win64, or if there's a 32-bit compiler targetting Win64?
- Kim
Charlie Russel wrote:
Yes, Kim, I have tried it. :(
The problem is that explorer.exe, and thus the desktop and task bar are 64 bit. You can't use a 32-bit extension to a 64-bit app -- 64-bit apps can't call 32-bit dlls, and 32-bit apps can't call 64-bit dlls. So even if the hooks are there, they're 64-bit hooks, and can't talk to the 32-bit DQSD. If DQSD were a standalone app, it would work. As you say, the vast majority of 32-bit applications work just fine.
There's a known workaround for context menu extensions (right mouse click stuff like WinZIP) that allows one to run the 32-bit explorer.exe, but it doesn't replace your desktop, only opens a separate window for Windows Explorer that runs in the WOW64 subsystem (the 32-bit subsystem, IOW).
If you need references/pointers to appropriate developer level docs, I can probably help, but I am NOT a developer, though I have written C code when I absolutely had to. But it was a long, long time ago.
Charlie.
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[DQSD-Users] x64 Version, please?!
Hi Charlie,
I don't know much about Win64, but don't 32-bit apps run cleanly on it? As long as the shell has the hooks used by DQSD, it should just work.
Did you try it out?
Cheers, - Kim
Charlie Russel wrote:
OK, I know I asked this before, when the x64 version of Windows went RTM. But not it is actually out, and showing up in the OEM/System Builder channels. Any chance of an x64 version of DQSD? Please? I'd _love_ to switch my main desktop over to XP Professional x64 Edition, but I'd _really_ miss my DQSD.
I am _not_ a developer, but I'd be _glad_ to make a machine available remotely to facilitate this. And I can install your compiler of choice on it, as necessary (I have MSDN to cover that box.) If this offer makes sense, contact me off-list.
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