Knowing if your copy of Windows is 32-bit or 64-bit becomes very important when installing device drivers for your hardware and choosing between certain kinds of software.

If your version of Windows is 64-bit, you're able to install both 32-bit and 64-bit software programs, so there are two different "Program Files" folders on your computer.

If you want to know if an installed software or program is 32-bit or 64-bit, then 1 of these 4 tricks will tell you if it is a 32-bit or 64-bit app.

There have also been cases where users have tried to install a 32-bit program that worked on some Windows 10 machines but failed to install on other Windows 10 machines, or on all Windows 11, and ...