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		UnFleshedOne on Feb 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows 8 Consumer Preview released. Extra binaries for 32bit compatibility probably take most of the space. On my 64bit win 7 install, C:\windows\SYSWOW64 takes up 1.4 gigs.

lloeki on Feb 29, 2012 [–]

> On my 64bit win 7 install, C:\windows\SYSWOW64 takes up 1.4 gigs.

For the uninformed: on a 64bit Windows, SysWOW64 (i.e Windows On Windows 64) holds 32bit binaries while System32 holds 64 bit binaries (whoever pulled that April's fool prank must have laughed out himself to death by now)

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