How to Check If Program Installed as 64-bit Or 32-bit

Nowadays all computer users are running a 64-bit version of windows 10. if you also have 64-bit version of windows 10 you need to make sure that all programs installed in 64-bit for optimal performance. In this post you will know How to Check If Program Installed as 64-bit Or 32-bit.

Advantages of Program Installed in 64-bit version

We have few advantages if we install program in 64-bit version on a 64-bit Windows 10. The 64-bit program can consume more memory than a 32-bit version as it supports more than 4 GB of memory. Because of this, a 64-bit application on 64-bit Windows operating system will run a little faster.

Check If Program Installed as 64-bit Or 32-bit

In Windows 10 you can check if you are using 19541 or later builds. See following steps to check weather program is 32-bit or 64-bit:

Step-1: Open Task Manager

Step-2: Click on more details to expand the small window of Task Manager

Step-3: Select Architecture after right click on the column header or you can check that as shown in following picture:

Step-4: In details tab of Task Manager you will be able to see program version under architecture column. See following image for your reference:

Is it possible to upgrade 32-bit program to 64-bit?

No, you can’t upgrade 32-bit program to 64-bit apps. In order to upgrade you need to uninstall 32-bit version program and install 64-bit software.

NOTE: You can use this tutorial if you are using Windows 10 64-bit version. Because you will not be able to install 64-bit software/apps in Windows 10 having 32-bit version. If you have 32-bit version of windows you can upgrade windows installation to 64-bit version.