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Using %PROGRAMFILES(x86)% on Windows OS 32bit

According to this the environment variable %PROGRAMFILES(x86)% is only available on 64-bit systems. However, if you are on a 64-bit system and use %PROGRAMFILES%, the result you get depend on whether the process requesting the environment variable is 32-bit or 64-bit. So from a 64-bit process on a 64-bit system you would get C:\Program Files, … Read more

Why is “MINGW64” appearing on my Git bash?

This is the new icon being used with Git for Windows 2.x. The website needs an update for that I guess but there are not many volunteers typically. The MINGW64 is the value from the MSYSTEM environment variable. This has been included in the bash prompt by setting PS1 in the /etc/bash.bashrc file. You can … Read more

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