id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
879	AutoIT installation fails to use 64-bit versions on 64-bit OS Win 2008	rboucher	Jos	"When I've installed AUTOIT on either real or virtualized version of Windows 2008, the 64-bit versions of the following components are not used. The 64-bit versions are present, but are not run by the AutoIT interface.

C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Aut2Exe directory
  Au3Info.exe 
  AutoIt3.exe 

C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Aut2Exe directory
  Au2exe.exe
  AutoITSC.bin

There may be others as I have not tried using AutoITx. 

A simple rename using the _64x version of these files in these directories fixes the issue. That is
  AutoIt3.exe ==> renamed ==> AutoIt3_x32.exe 
  AutoIt3_x64.exe ==> renamed ==> AutoIt3.exe 

Side effects 
Programs look like they are run and compiled correctly, but bugs appear in APIs involving use of text. RegRead and ControlTreeView are two examples. 

Following code in any script will show this problem. 

ConsoleWrite(""OS Version is "" & @OSARCH & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite(""AutoIT 64bit Version Running? 1 if so -->"" & @AutoItX64 & @CRLF)

; if you add the key first, will fail on 64 bit OS but succeed on 32 bit. Works fine once exx rename is done.
 $RegKeyExists = RegRead(""HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\StrongName"", """")  ;default value

Run(""c:\windows\system32\compmgmt.msc"")
$WindowUp = WinWaitActive(""Computer Management"","""", 10)
If NOT $WindowUp Then 
$WindowHandle = WinGetHandle(""Computer Management"")
$treeviewRolesHandle = ControlGetHandle ( ""Computer Management"", """", ""[ID:12785]"")
ConsoleWrite('Window Handle  ' & $WindowHandle & '   Tree view role handle' & $treeviewRolesHandle & @crlf) 
$answer = ControlFocus(""Computer Management"", """", 12785)
Sleep(1000)

;Works regardless
ControlTreeView (""Computer Management"", """", $treeviewRolesHandle, ""Expand"", ""#0"")
ControlTreeView (""Computer Management"", """", $treeviewRolesHandle, ""Expand"", ""#0|#0"")
ControlTreeView (""Computer Management"", """", $treeviewRolesHandle, ""Expand"", ""#0|#0|#1"")

; Does not work due to use of 32-bit exes. once exe's replaced with 64-bit versions, code works
ControlTreeView (""Computer Management"", """", $treeviewRolesHandle, ""Select"", ""Computer Management (Local)|System Tools|Device Manager"")





 "	Bug	closed	Future Release	SciTE4AutoIt	3.3.0.0	None	Fixed