TortoiseSVN 32-bit and 64-bit Versions Can Run Side-by-Side
We upgraded our Subversion repositories this past weekend to Subversion 1.5 (merge tracking goodness), which means those of us that use TortoiseSVN had to upgrade our TortoiseSVN clients as well, to version 1.5.2 (or now 1.5.3). This was all well and good, and aside from an obscure pre-hook setting on our server, things went pretty smoothly.
However, one thing I discovered today is that you can run the 32-bit version of TortoiseSVN and the 64-bit version of TortioseSVN side-by-side without any problems. I realized this after upgrading my TortoiseSVN to the latest 64-bit version (since I run Vista x64) and finding that there was no TortoiseSVN integration with xplorer2, yet TortoiseSVN worked fine with regular Windows Explorer.
After some initial digging, I realized that xplorer2 is a 32-bit application, while Windows Explorer is of course a 64-bit app on Vista x64. This lead me back to the TortoiseSVN download page, which clearly states:
"Note for x64 users: you can install both the 32 and 64-bit version side by side. This will enable the TortoiseSVN features also for 32-bit applications."
So sure enough, I installed the latest 32-bit version of TortoiseSVN and was good to go, which works because the 64-bit version installs into C:\Program Files while the 32-bit version installs into C:\Program Files (x86). This is the first time I’ve run into an app that can be installed into both locations at the same time. Very nice.
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