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Specify that install location is in 32-bit view of registry
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elinor-fung authored Nov 20, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ otherwise the apphost will use the global install location lookup.

On Windows the multi-arch situation already exists with x86 and x64 architectures.
Each installs into a different location and is registered accordingly.
The registration mechanism in registry includes the architecture,
the key path is `HKLM\SOFTWARE\dotnet\Setup\InstalledVersions\<arch>\InstallLocation`.
Install locations are registered in the 32-bit registry under
`HKLM\SOFTWARE\dotnet\Setup\InstalledVersions\<arch>\InstallLocation`.

This means that x86 apphost looks only for x86 install location and similarly
x64 apphost looks only for x64 install location. Adding another architecture
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