Hi Viviana!

> Is there a tool that I could use to find out if a binary (an exe) is a
> 32 bit or 64 bit application?

You simply need to check the PE-Header:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...header_str.asp

"Machine" member:
- IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
- IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_IA64
- IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_AMD64

--
Greetings
Jochen

My blog about Win32 and .NET
http://blog.kalmbachnet.de/

In addition to Jochen's post, a very good article:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de..._peeringpe.asp

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Scherbina Vladimir

Hi Scherbina!
> In addition to Jochen's post, a very good article:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de..._peeringpe.asp

The article is good... but it does not cover 64-bit ;-)

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Greetings
Jochen

My blog about Win32 and .NET
http://blog.kalmbachnet.de/

"Jochen Kalmbach [MVP]" wrote in message
news:uL1Qxgc9FHA.500@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi Scherbina!
>> In addition to Jochen's post, a very good article:
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de..._peeringpe.asp
>
> The article is good... but it does not cover 64-bit ;-)
>
> --
> Greetings
> Jochen
>
> My blog about Win32 and .NET
> http://blog.kalmbachnet.de/

Hello there, Jochen.

it covers pe format

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Scherbina Vladimir

Additionally XP resource kit have exetype.exe which do that
Arkady

"Scherbina Vladimir" wrote in message
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> "Jochen Kalmbach [MVP]" wrote in
> message news:uL1Qxgc9FHA.500@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Scherbina!
>>> In addition to Jochen's post, a very good article:
>>>
>>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de..._peeringpe.asp
>>
>> The article is good... but it does not cover 64-bit ;-)
>>
>> --
>> Greetings
>> Jochen
>>
>> My blog about Win32 and .NET
>> http://blog.kalmbachnet.de/
>
> Hello there, Jochen.
>
> it covers pe format
>
> --
> Scherbina Vladimir
>

Thanks all for the info.

Viv

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:42:53 +0200, "Arkady Frenkel"
wrote :

>Additionally XP resource kit have exetype.exe which do that
>Arkady
>
>"Scherbina Vladimir" wrote in message
>news:%230A%23rlc9FHA.3044@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> "Jochen Kalmbach [MVP]" wrote in
>> message news:uL1Qxgc9FHA.500@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi Scherbina!
>>>> In addition to Jochen's post, a very good article:
>>>>
>>>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de..._peeringpe.asp
>>>
>>> The article is good... but it does not cover 64-bit ;-)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Greetings
>>> Jochen
>>>
>>> My blog about Win32 and .NET
>>> http://blog.kalmbachnet.de/
>>
>> Hello there, Jochen.
>>
>> it covers pe format
>>
>> --
>> Scherbina Vladimir
>>
>