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Why is my command not working?
I wanted to upgrade my OS to a 64-bit from a 32-bit processor. I was following the guide for that here, but when I wanted to make sure my PCU was compatible on step 6, the coreinfo command wouldn't work. It kept saying that it was unable to extract the x64 image and to run coreinfo from a writeable directory, but I don't understand.
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Please try to run the powershell utility as administrator.
coreinfo is part of the Sysinternals suite (from Microsoft). When you run it, it expects to be executed from a writable directory, because it may attempt to create temporary files or extract data. If you run it from a read-only directory (like some system folders or a directory without proper permissions), it can produce errors like "unable to extract the x64 image".
