XnView Software

Wow! I didn't even realize the installer platform itself lacked the ability to discern x64-native from x64-compatible (a good way of thinking about it). Indeed, there are scenarios where you'd want the platform itself to be native x64 - specifically, if you need to install a hardware device driver ...

I am very aware of that. Software does not need to be ARM64 (most software isn't). It's the same paradigm of running 32-bit software on 64-bit Windows (WOW64). The installer simply needs to identify that the system is X64 compatible and not refuse to install because it mis-detects the capability of ...

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Tested this on my M2 MacBook Air with Parallels - same behavior, refuses to install.

Downloaded the x64 *.zip, and the program works fine as expected. However, this isn't very usable, as a program that's not installed may as well not even exist. Could just dump it in AppData and ...

XnView: MP 1.6.3 - 64 bit
OS: Windows 11 ARM64 (MS Devkit 2023 / Volterra)

Windows 11 on ARM is fully compatible with 64-bit x86-64 Windows software - which I use routinely, as I use my Volterra box as a daily driver, though I also build select apps myself (to native ARM64) where needed.

When I ...