>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I noticed that when installing VS 2005 on a Win 7 computer, the installer wants to place it in the folder
>>>C:\Program Files (x86)\. On XP this VS was installed in C:\Program Files\. Is (x86) to indicate that this version of VS was developed for 32 bit OS? Should I remove the (x86) from the folder name (I kind of don't like to have parenthesis in the folder name).
>>>
>>>TIA.
>>
>>Are you running 64 bit Windows 7?
>>
>>64 bit version differentiates applications that run in 32bit mode from native 64bit apps.(x86) is the folder for 32bit apps.
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>Yes, my Windows 7 is 64 bit. But I still hope that my VS 2005 will be working on this Windows 7 PC. Thank you.

It should. I've been very happily suprised at how well older applications are running on my Windows 7 x64.