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Running 32bit thinapps in 64bit systems. What should be the installation directory?

I have thinapped several 32bit applications that I deploy on my 64bit system. Most of them I let install in their default program files location (in the 32 bit capture VM) and they run just fine on the 64bit system.

Recently, however, I came across Thinapp User's Manual suggestion about installing office 2007, which states that:

" On the File Location tab, install the software in a fixed directory, such as C:\Office, rather

than a default directory to prevent possible access errors for online help in Microsoft Office applications.

The access errors apply only to Office applications deployed on 64‐bit operating systems."

If Office is prone to such access errors because of the confusion of the %programfiles% variable in 64bit systems, then is this not also true for every other 32bit application deployed on 64bit systems? When capturing an application that is meant to be used on 64bit systems wouldnt it be good pracise to install them all in non-default directories?

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