This describes the bitness (32-bit or 64-bit) of a registry view in a
Windows OS that supports WOW64.
WOW64 (short for Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit) is the x86 emulator
that allows 32-bit Windows-based applications to run seamlessly on
64-bit Windows. Please refer to these MSDN sites for more details:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384249(v=vs.85).aspx and
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384253(v=vs.85).aspx
Enum Constants
Name
Description
WOW32
Access the key from the 32-bit view of the Registry.
WOW64
Access the key from the 64-bit view of the Registry.
WOWNative
Access the key from the native view of the
Registry (32-bit on 32-bit versions of Windows,
64-bit on 64-bit versions of Windows).