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Hello josh_bodner
I want ask something.
When Microsoft want fix the installation path on Windows?
Because, you know when install Edge whatever Dev, Beta, or Stable, the program file location still on "Program Files (x86)," not on "Program Files."
I hope you're hear about my feedback.
Thank you.
This is a very good point, Edge is very unusual, in that on 64 bit OS's it's a 64 bit application yet is installed in \Program Files (x86).
Why is this? Is it some compatibility issue? It feels like bad practice...
This executable is actually a 64 bit process :
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge Dev\Application\msedge.exe
Edge is very unusual, in that on 64 bit OS's it's a 64 bit application yet is installed in \Program Files (x86).
MikeDiack this was something we inherited from Chromium. They finally fixed it in Chrome last year (https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=380177), but we're waiting to integrate that change since we're still actively working on how Edge is installed in other ways, for example how Edge gets onto brand new installs of Windows.
Maybe they need time to fix this, or maybe internal testing.
Let's hope they can fix that bug.
