Check if a process is running in 64 or 32 bit mode?

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I'd like to check if a process is running in 64 bit or 32 bit mode. How can I do this? Process Explorer will tell me if the Image is 32-bit or 64-bit, is this what I should be looking at?

Daniel Plaisted

Posted 2009-12-18T16:30:31.477

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2Yes, that's right, you can identify this by the Image Type in Process Explorer. – Tamara Wijsman – 2011-03-17T13:14:25.737

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Can we assume this is a windows question? xp x64, vista, 7 ??

In Windows 7 I believe a 32 bit application running in a 64 bit OS has a *32 after its name in the Task Manager...

Windows Task Manager

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Posted 2009-12-18T16:30:31.477

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Just to add to this old answer, yes use Process Explorer. You can right click on the columns and select Image Type to show which processes are 32 bit and which are 64 bit. Run Process as Administrator to see some services.

http://live.sysinternals.com/procexp.exe

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Cameron Taggart

Posted 2009-12-18T16:30:31.477

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How do you know the bitness of the process I selected on https://i.imgur.com/QBwqToN.png ?

– sergiol – 2018-04-04T18:05:58.747

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NO NEED EXTERNAL PROGRAMS!

(For Windows 10 and 8)

Go to TASK MANAGER > Details , right click on the columns toolbar Select Columns and check Platform:

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T.Todua

Posted 2009-12-18T16:30:31.477

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1This should be at the top. – konrad.kruczynski – 2018-09-26T09:50:44.573