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Tip: Testing for 64 Bit or 32 Bit in a C# Application

A quick and dirty way to see if the application's current platform is 64- or 32-bit.


by Hannes Du Preez
May 11, 2017
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A quick and dirty way to see if the application's current platform is 64-bit or 32-bit is to test the size of the System.IntPtr variable, as shown in the following example:

if (System.IntPtr.Size == 8) 
{ 
    // 64-bit 
} 
else 
{ 
    // 32-bit 
}

 



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