Total Commander

[Vlad0]

It is OK, switching off WOW64 redirection System32-->SysWOW64.
Dos prompt as well launches 64bit version of cmd.exe from the "real"
System32 folder.

But if one tries to start, say, msconfig.exe from the TC command line
TC can not find msconfig.exe. The same phenomenon is observed
when one tries to start some .cmd or .bat file: it is started with
32bit version of cmd.exe, so can not launch the file msconfig.exe
from the line
%windir%\system32\msconfig.exe
in the .cmd file.

[ghisler(Author)]

This is intentional. For some functions like launching files, the redirection is turned back on, because they would otherwise not work at all (because of dlls not found etc).
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[Vlad0]

If You succeeded in switching off WOW64 redirection
for TC, I can not see the reason why TC is
obliged to switch on this redirection, except for other 32bit progs
(which will die in 64bit world of "real" system32),
for itself as well. After he loads all of his own 32bit dlls
into his own address space.

[ghisler(Author)]

I had to add several exceptions because otherwise almost nothing worked with redirection switched off...
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[HolgerK]

2Vlad0

If you are using windows vista or seven, you can control yourself what command processor should be used to execute your batches (using the sysnative pseudo directory)

Just add an internal association to your windcmd.ini:

[Vlad0]

Great!!!
I've just copy/pasted the lines to Wincmd.ini and now I am able
1) to start .cmd files launching progs from the real system32;
2) Which is much more important: to launch progs from system 32
(like msconfig) from TC button bar.

As to the possibilyty to start batch files from TC command line --
I very rarely use this possibility, preferring to just click on the batch
file. So this is not that essential.

Thanks a lot! I think Your post must be added to FACs -- I was
surely not the only person encountering these problems.

[atrant]

Hello to everyone! I used the solution discussed here and now I can launch bats with context menu by clicking with right mouse button. But double click is not working. Please, explain in a little more details about x64 alias or what should I do? Thanks in advance!

[HolgerK]

Configuration -> Options... :: last section "Misc"

Select "(o) alias" and enter

[atrant]

it is really easy to command line now! I wish I could plus your reputation =)
And... mmm what about double click? I have no ideas why it is not working for me though I've added x64Disableredirection=0 to the [Configuration] section in wincmd.ini =((

[HolgerK]

[atrant]

Your advice helped me so much! It works for me now! Thanks a lot =)