[python-win32] How do I detect a 64 bit version of Windows?

[Marc Hankin]

Dear Gelonida:

The following is a vbscript that will return the info you want.  You might
want to run it in a python subprocess.



On Error Resume Next

' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
strComputer = "."   ' e.g. rallen-srv01
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------

set objWMIDateTime = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemDateTime")

set objWMI = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
set colOS = objWMI.InstancesOf("Win32_OperatingSystem")
for each objOS in colOS
 strOs32OR64bit = objOS.OSArchitecture
sOSname = objOS.Caption
Next

'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
WScript.Echo "Line 21:  strOs32OR64bit = objOS.OSArchitecture = " &
strOs32OR64bit

Hope that helps.

                                  Marc



On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Gelonida N <gelonida at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 02/19/2012 08:20 AM, Brian Curtin wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 21:11, Gelonida N <gelonida at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 02/18/2012 09:07 PM, Brian Curtin wrote:
> >>> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 13:22, Gremlin <gremlin at armarize.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> import platform
> >>> platform.machine()
> >>>
> >>> That will return "AMD64" on 64 bit. I don't have a 32-bit machine
> >>> available but I believe it returns "x86".
> >> This suggestion will not work for the OP.
> >>
> >> It will tell you the platform, for which python was compiled and not the
> >> real platform of the machine you're running on.
> >>
> >> If you installed a 32 bit version of python on a 64 bit machine You will
> >> get 'x86', which would be the wrong answer considering the OP's
> >> requirements.
> >
> > This is false.
> >
> > platform.machine() is about the the computer itself - I fixed it in
> > 2.6 to function properly, as it used to operate similar to
> > platform.architecture() due to looking in the wrong place.
> > platform.architecture() is about how Python was compiled.
>
> Hmmm.
>  I use python 2.6.4 on a 64 bit machine and get 'x86' as result.
> perhaps it's only fixed in the newer 2.6 releases?
>
>
>
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