Dave Thomson asked about the folders Program Files and Program Files (x86). “Why are there two, and is there some advantage of using one over the other?” First, you shouldn’t pick one over the other.

This is Rust program that reports information from multiple sources about where program files directories are located on a Windows system. C:\Users\ek\source\repos\pfdirs [main ≡]> cargo run ...

If you have been using Windows OS for some time, you must have seen this System32 folder. However, If you are on a 64-bit PC, you must have noticed that there are two folders in your C:\Windows ...