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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] How to determine if Wireshark is x86 or x64

From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:28:15 -0800
Stephen Fisher wrote:
On Jan 14, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Gerald Combs wrote:

You should be able to do something like the following:

 - Find out where Wireshark is installed via
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
     App Paths\wireshark.exe

 - Run GetBinaryType on the result.

Note that "App Paths" is one of the registry keys affected by WOW64
redirection so different versions of Windows might add a thoroughly fun
and enjoyable technical challenge to this.

Is this something we should/could show in the Wireshark -v and Help -> About outputs?

We do for Windows but not for other platforms.