What if you delete SysWOW64? | Experiment

⚠ Please don't try this at home. These experiments are made in a virtual environment and are also done for entertainment purposes.
⏰ Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:11 Second intro & explanation
00:38 Taking ownership with takeown.exe
01:07 Taking ownership with icacls.exe
01:29 Deleting the folder
02:49 Not all files were deleted, rebooting into recovery mode
03:19 Attempting to delete the files from recovery mode
05:05 Restarting to the system
05:17 Results
06:24 Outro
Tags (ignore it):
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[@techAdv0]

For those who doesn't understand very well, System32 and SysWOW64 are the same thing but they're for different architectures:
- System32 = 64 bits
- SysWOW64 = 32 bits

[@thegoodgamer872]

my comp (which is a gaming one) is probably 64 bit

[@techAdv0]

From Windows XP, 64 bits was supported, even my 2007 PC has a 64bit processor

[@thegoodgamer872]

@@techAdv0 l o l
my gaming pc was made in MY BIRTHDAY btw (i was born in may 16 2016 wtf)

[@user-no7st2td6t]

​​@@thegoodgamer872if you are unsure, you can run some 64 bit apps (like cpu-z or modern games), or just press win+R and type "winver", you will see with one your operating system (32/64 bit). You can also check if you can have more than 4 GB of ram, (if not, it can mean your operating system is 32 bit or your cpu).

[@misslina4507]

🎉🎉🎉

[@misslina4507]

Perfecto 💯

[@WindowsDestroyer]

The music it ROCKS!!!! Great video btw

[@techAdv0]

Thx!

[@duplicake4054]

Amazing video and editing!

[@techAdv0]

Thank you so much!

[@dinasaad9628]

Thanks 🎉

[@techAdv0]

You're welcome 😊

[@user-no7st2td6t]

SysWOW64 is a storage of 32 bit system components, now your windows is almost fully 64 bit XD

[@techAdv0]

Yep!

[@sharl1633]

SysWOW64 is the same as System32 but for 32 bit.

[@techAdv0]

Ikr, they are backwards