I agree, I don't think it is going to like it either but it would take two
seconds to try and who knows, you might get lucky.
I wonder how it would work out as a streamed application. Make the
profile on a 32 bit server then stream it to the 64, kind of ugly but
maybe...
On 3/15/07, Landin, Mark <Mark.Landin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I don't think that's going to act like a "redirection" of a directory
> in one directory tree to the same directory in another directory tree like
> Chad is needing. That's more like the UNIX concept of a file link, where a
> given directory or file object can be referenced by multiple names. To my
> knowledge, shortcuts do not provide that kind of functionality. The closest
> kind of functionality that I can think of is the old DOS SUBST command, and
> that too isn't going to apply to this situation.
>
> MS really caused headaches when they split up their own naming
> conventions (for both file systems AND the registry) to have seperate but
> parallel locations for 32-bit vs 64-bit software. I kind of understand why
> they did it, but cannot accept that this was their best option! I know a lot
> of other systems (say, HP-UX, which is what I have experience with) that
> doesn't expose the user to the difference between a 32-bit and 64-bit
> executable. The 800-lb gorilla, wihere Microsoft's interests and priorities
> trump those of their customers, strikes again.
>
> Obviously, the application is at fault as well for hard-coding path
> names, but MS very likely had the ability to shield us from these kinds of
> problems ... they just chose not to.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Greg Reese
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:00 AM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: 64-bit 2003/Citrix w/SAP
>
>
> what happens if you put a shortcut in "program files" that points to
> the location in "program files (x86)" that you need?
>
> Greg
>
>
> On 3/15/07, Schneider, Chad M <CMSchneider@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> >
> > WE have SAP GUI running on 64-bit W2K3 and 64-bit Citrix PS 4.5.
> > Works great.
> >
> >
> >
> > What is not working is the BEX portion of SAP. It appears to have a
> > hard coded path to the "c:\program files" install path, yet when installed
> > on a 64-bit server, it installs to "c:\program files (x86)".
> >
> >
> >
> > Any idea how to change BEX to use the proper path?
> >
> >
> >
> > Chad Schneider
> >
> > Technology Analyst/Citrix Admin.
> >
> > Bemis Company, Inc.
> >
> > 920-303-7609
> >
> >
> >
>
>
