Why is my application, which I compiled with AnyCPU, running as a 32-bit process on my 64-bit machine, and therefore unable to interact with Notepad, which is running as a 64-bit process? I have th...

I've configured my VSIX-Project to run devenv.exe when I press F5. This opens the start page from Visual Studio. In order to test my extension I have to manually open a specific solution. I tried ...

Initially, I created a console application using Mass Transit as my service bus. Recently, I switched to NServiceBus, which doesn't require you to make a console application, but a class library in...

I'm attempting to compile a visual studio solution using devenv.exe from the command line. I can get it to work but all the projects in the solution are compiled for AnyCPU and I want them to be co...

We have a software in 32 and 64 bits that calls our exe and passes events to it(like a plugin). The thing is that our exe has to execute in the same bitness(x86/x64) as the calling software (if th...

I have a solution that contains C# and managed C++ projects. It compiles in the solution platform x64 and x86. Since it is managed C++ I wanted to create a 'Any CPU' solution and get rid of the ol...

I have a Managed C++ dll that I am referencing from a C# project. The C# project will be compiled as AnyCPU. Is there any way to compile a 32-bit and 64-bit version of the Managed C++ dll and then ...

I wish to change the target CPU settings from "Any CPU" to "x86" in Visual Studio 2010. I read on another website that I need to do the following: Go to the startup project of your program. Ope...

I have come across this odd behaviour: when my projects settings are set to Any CPU and Prefer 32-bit on a 64bit Windows 7 OS the .Net 4.5program below works as expected. If however I turn off Pref...

One of the many projects in a very large solution somehow became set to Build Platform == Active (x86). I want it to match all of the other projects ("Any CPU"). I successfully changed the Platfor...

I have read several posts about the configuration manager in VS2010 (or before) but I can not find my problem. I have a solution containing 6 projects. When I open the Configuration manager, I ca...

I have a .Net4 WinForms app that references 3rd party .Net2 assemblies, which contain graphics-heavy visual controls. I've noticed a huge improvement in app's visual performance when I accidentally...

I have a Any CPU application installed to Program Files (x86). On one Windows 7 x64 machine, it runs as x64 as expected while on another Windows 7 x64 machine, it runs as x86! How can th...

Possible Duplicate: What does the Visual Studio "Any CPU" target mean? I've noticed that when compiling C# code in Visual Studio, there are typically options for compiling for 3...

We have a large solution comprising of many different libraries. We have just migrated to development on a 64bit system and this has us thinking about what platform target we should specify for eac...