AutoIt querying SysWOW64 despite being told to explicitly query System32?

[rcmaehl]

This originally started by trying to call C:\Windows\System32\pnputil.exe which would fail even FileExists(). Investigating further,

#RequireAdmin
#include <File.au3>
_ArrayDisplay(_FileListToArray("C:\Windows\System32"))
Exit

Returns 3196 items, but both Explorer and CMD return 5019 and 5021 respectfully (CMD includes . and .. in the count, so +2 is expected). I have Defender and other AVs off right now while I'm troubleshooting but why is the disparity so large?


 

[rcmaehl]

Compiled the code and ran it through Process Monitor. Looks like the code is Querying SysWOW64 despite being told to query System32?

[rcmaehl]

NVM, this is literally in the Helpfile remarks. This is what I get for not using AutoItWrapper parameters on a new project.

Edited Thursday at 11:14 PM by rcmaehl

[pixelsearch]

Maybe it's because you got a Windows option to uncheck for your search :

"Include compressed files (zip,cab...)"

* AutoIt doesn't use it, so it will return a smaller number of files (the "real" number of files)

* Windows uses it when checked, so the number of files returned will be bigger as soon as you got zip file(s) inside your folder, because the number of files inside the zip(s) will be included in your result.

Edit: I see you got another solution. Anyway I'll keep my post unchanged, just in case...

https://www.isunshare.com/windows-10/change-search-options-for-files-and-folders-on-windows-10.html

Edited yesterday at 02:21 AM by pixelsearch
added link

[ioa747]

The C:\Windows\System32 directory, contains 64-bit versions of system files and libraries.
This can be confusing because, on a 64-bit system, System32 actually holds 64-bit files, while SysWOW64 holds 32-bit files.

according to this, try commented / uncommented  #AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=y

#RequireAdmin
#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=y
#include <File.au3>
ConsoleWrite(@SystemDir & @CRLF)
_ArrayDisplay(_FileListToArray("C:\Windows\System32"))
Exit

 

Edited 22 hours ago by ioa747

[Nine]

You can disable this behavior by using :

If @OSArch = "X64" And Not @AutoItX64 Then _WinAPI_Wow64EnableWow64FsRedirection(False)