Newsbin 6.90 Beta 2 installed 64bit on 32bit system

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Newsbin 6.90 Beta 2 installed 64bit on 32bit system

Postby mjpierce » Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:43 am

I just tried installing Newsbin 6.90 Beta 2 on my Win 7 32bit machine.

The installer correctly detected the 32bit OS but installed the 64bit application.
It even put the "Newsbin Pro 64" icon on my desktop and "NewsbinPro64.exe" in "Program Files".

I can send a pic of the error message if you like.
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Re: Newsbin 6.90 Beta 2 installed 64bit on 32bit system

Postby Quade » Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:53 pm

None of the beta's will support 32 bits. I thought I removed it from the installer but apparently I didn't remove enough.

I haven't decided on whether 6.82 will the the end of the line for 32 bits but I'm thinking about it.
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Re: Newsbin 6.90 Beta 2 installed 64bit on 32bit system

Postby mjpierce » Sat Feb 20, 2021 7:40 pm

Since Windows 10 OS still supports 32 bit with their latest 20H2 version I would suggest that supporting 32 bit Newsbin is still appropriate.
The minimum system requirements for Win10 32 are quite a bit less than Win10 64. Thus, extending the life of older machines instead of turning them into E-Waste.
I'm sure that some Newsbin users, such as myself, would like to see Newsbin 32 bit supported a bit more, maybe even until the 32 bit OS isn't supported.
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