How to access the Program Files folder
To access the folder, do the following
- Open Windows Explorer
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Double-Click Drive C
- Windows XP
- Windows Vista and Windows 7
- select Program Files
- Windows XP
- Windows Vista and Windows 7
- If you see This folder contains files that keep your system working properly. You should not modify its contents
- Click on Show the contents of this folder
BE CAREFUL IN NAVIGATING OR ALTERING FILES IN THIS DIRECTORY. MODIFICATIONS CAN CAUSE THE SYSTEM TO NOT BOOT PROPERLY AND CAN CAUSE DATA LOSS.
If you are using a 32- bit windows, you will only have one program files window. If your system is 64-bit, it will have a Program Files and a Program Files (x86 like the following picture
The Program Files (x86) folder contains the programs that are 32-bit. The regular Program files folder will have programs that are 64-bit.