How To Detect Whether The Os Supports 16-bit Exes In Python?

This is essentially the same as asking how to detect that I am running under a 64-bit version of Windows. os.name gives 'nt' under both win7 64 and winXP 32 (my two available test

Solution 1:

Consider checking the PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE key in os.environ, and seeing if it's set to x86 or not.

Alternatively, you can use the platorm.architecture() call, but point it at a different executable from the Python one (since you're required to run under 32bit Python).