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I'm not very Windows literate these days. Am I right in thinking that Windows doesn't include the ability to open .7z files by default, so you need extra software? What extra software do people generally use for that?
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@simon Many people won’t know off the top of their head, but vanishingly few users will be on 32-bit. Think you can safely recommend amd64 to most people. @simon Honestly despite being a techy person and now a programmer, I've never been good knowing what download option to pick. Doesn't help you need to know if your system is 32 or 64 to choose between 86 and 64 🙄 These days most windows are 64 bit though, so unless your target audience is "people/businesses with very old machines" just heavily recommended the 64 (and have a clear error installer for people who need the 32!) @simon Yes. Because it’s a trick question. There really aren’t enough AMD64 architecture Windows devices in the marketplace for it ever to be the right option. And while people like you and I are chatting about it here, most people aren’t getting software off of git. We are the corner case of this thought experiment. @simon pretty much all modern computers are amd64 - x86 is provided as legacy version, and will still work, but not benefit from modern cpu power.   @simon Windows 11, at least, now has native support: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-11-adds-support-for-11-additional-archive-formats @simon Since 2023, Windows 11 has included native support for 7-zip, rar, gz, and anything else supported by libarchive: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2023/05/23/bringing-the-power-of-ai-to-windows-11-unlocking-a-new-era-of-productivity-for-customers-and-developers-with-windows-copilot-and-dev-home/ I expect people would install 7-zip (or a spyware clone) to get that support if they're on an older build of Windows. |
Do Windows users generally know which out of the x86 and amd64 options they should pick? If people aren't sure, is there a command I can suggest they run or a program they can look in to figure out which one they should use?
(Earlier on I was trying to do this in a GitHub Actions workflow and I wasn't sure how to tell if it was x86 or amd64)