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]

EDIT: thanks for 3K, btw I have created a discord server, join: discord.com/invite/sk4JYMAd45 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).

[@AndrewGary-jq5oj]

You should try running a 32-bit application with SysWOW64 removed

[@user-no7st2td6t]

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

[@techAdv0]

Yep!

[@theBIT5]

Program Files (x86) 🗿

[@epicethereallord2977]

There is no more compatibility

[@techAdv0]

with 32-bits apps, thats true.

[@тестирование]

SysWOW64 is SysWindowsOnWindows64(it is designed to run 32 bit applications on 64 bit windows). You can fully delete it using win pe and then just create an empty folder with the same name and it will boot

[@тестирование]

also after a deletion of folder you no longer can run 32bit apps

[@斯轮毂盖🈲🈴🈵🈹]

Inspired by enderman? Yes Good small content creator? No Best small content creator? Yes

[@techAdv0]

I really appreciate It bro, thank you :D

[@斯轮毂盖🈲🈴🈵🈹]

@@techAdv0 your welcome

[@Leonardo5681]

Compatibility Is no more XD good video btw, i'm subscribed

[@techAdv0]

thanks bro, i really appreciate it :D and yep there's no more backwards compatibility

[@CheezItMuncherZack]

Great video! Keep posting, and you'll be up with the big guys one day! From one small creator to another, dude.

[@techAdv0]

Thank you bro! I really appreciate your support ♥️

[@duplicake4054]

Amazing video and editing!

[@techAdv0]

Thank you so much!

[@WindowsDestroyer]

The music it ROCKS!!!! Great video btw

[@techAdv0]

Thx!

[@circuitguy1010]

SysReallyWOW! This experiment is incredibly interesting!64

[@techAdv0]

Ty for watching! Have a nice day :D

[@sharl1633]

SysWOW64 is the same as System32 but for 32 bit.

[@techAdv0]

Ikr, they are backwards

[@whohan779]

Basically 'System32' (despite its name) has files for the chosen architecture of Windows and in 64-bit editions SysWOW64 has legacy 32-bit.

[@misslina4507]

Perfecto 💯

[@techmcboi]

This whole time I thought that I was watching an "Enderman" video xd. Good job lol

[@techAdv0]

Thanks, I really appreciate It bro!

[@misslina4507]

🎉🎉🎉

[@ZZxlizrx]

This seems pretty hard/impossible but can u use kde or gnome desktop environment on windows

[@techAdv0]

Well, speaking of, I am likely going to switch to Linux because I will not support a company that makes its software heavier for our PCs anymore!

[@HapxDev]

​@techAdv0 w

[@koopatroopa6882]

You probably can with WSL 2 but it's likely very laggy

[@youssefsaadaoui3900]

Good job

[@nooneknows-hh5zr]

i took ownership of windows folder by this command, is this gonna break my pc?

[@techAdv0]

Theorically, it shouldn't but I recommend you to reset the permissions once you're done by executing this command in CMD (ADMIN): icacls C:\Windows /reset /t /c have a nice day!

[@dinasaad9628]

Thanks 🎉

[@techAdv0]

You're welcome 😊

[@Phucthien2h62d1]

i delete SysWOW64?

[@techAdv0]

Dont do it, it can break 32 bit applications

[@Viktorchik_YT]

​@@techAdv0 *don't do it on your own PC. just use a VM.

[@kmmtnwpu]

🙂

[@sillycado]

Nice, try to take data from system32 and put it on SysWOW64, also do the opposite for SysWOW64

[@techAdv0]

I will do it in Windows 11 so I make a 32-bit version lmfao

[@GonyaIBonya]

I dare you cant delete System32 on windows 95😂

[@techAdv0]

Why though? Is there any kind of extra protection I should know?

[@koopatroopa6882]

@@techAdv0 On Windows 95, System is the system folder, System32 has almost nothing important inside of it, I think that's what he means

[@ThatGodlyBacon]

You deserve more subscribers than this

[@techAdv0]

Tysm bro :)

[@ThatGodlyBacon]

@@techAdv0 no problem keep the good work up!