Scott Mitchell <scott.kevin.mitchell <at> gmail.com> writes: > I am not sure if the is relevant but the "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" > I have been using is a 32 bit executable as reported by cygwin: > $ file cmd.exe > cmd.exe: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows > > I am not sure if this is an alternative and I don't have any > alternatives other than "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe" which is also > reported as 32 bit.
That is because of redirection in Windows x64. When you need to access (or run) any 64-bit windows app in system folder from any 32-bit app, you need to use "sysnative" alias. $ file /c/windows/sysnative/cmd.exe /c/windows/sysnative/cmd.exe: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
