vbScript: Quickly determine architecture

By andrew on

I’ve been using a routine to determine 64-bit v 32-bit workstations for some time checking the registry for the PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE in the HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerEnvironment path. However, this was proving to be error prone. So, I just gave up that method altogether since all Windows x64 editions have a “%SystemDrive%Program Files (x86)” directory. This makes it just a quick and easy call the folderexists method of the filesystemobject.

The only downside is that can’t be used remotely but since most of my scripts are used in local policies, this shouldn’t be an issue.

Cheers!

Private Function is64bit()
	Dim filesys : Set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
	Dim bln64bit : bln64bit = False
	If filesys.FolderExists("C:Program Files (x86)") then bln64bit = True
	is64bit = bln64bit
End Function