Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] How to determine if Wireshark is x86 or x64
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From: Stephen Fisher <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:47:57 -0700
On Jan 14, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Gerald Combs wrote:

> You should be able to do something like the following:
> 
>  - Find out where Wireshark is installed via
>    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
>      App Paths\wireshark.exe
> 
>  - Run GetBinaryType on the result.
> 
> Note that "App Paths" is one of the registry keys affected by WOW64
> redirection so different versions of Windows might add a thoroughly fun
> and enjoyable technical challenge to this.

Is this something we should/could show in the Wireshark -v and Help -> About outputs?


Steve