Soon, If you install Google Chrome on 64-bit Windows, it will be installed into C:\Program Files directory instead of C:\Program Files (x86). Google is making the required changes to the Chrome installer for this to happen.
Google and Microsoft always recommend users to upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit for Chrome and Windows for better security and new features. When it comes to Windows, 64-bit apps can’t run on 32-bit Windows.
Google started offering the 64-bit version of the browser from Chrome 37 onwards in 2014. The company announced then the stable version of Chrome with 64-bit support on Windows, will improve Chrome speed, security, and stability.
Microsoft has recently decided to
stop releasing 32-bit Windows 10 to OEMs for distribution, this applies from Windows 10 2004 version onwards.
By this time, you should expect most using apps, processors, and Windows of 64-bit architecture.
In the case of Chrome and new Microsoft Edge, the old thing is still continuing. If you install a 64-bit version of the browser, it gets installed into Program Files (x86) directory, but not into Program Files.
The issue now being
addressed by Google. Going
forward 64-bit version of Chrome will be installed in C:\Program Files by default.
You should expect Microsoft to make changes to Edge Installer following Chrome’s. Microsoft Edge Community Manager confirmed they follow Chromium on this matter already.
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