[RWP] How to install reaaccess 32 on a Win64 bit system?

[Indigo]

I never understood the advantage of installing 32-bit Reaper onto a 
64-bit system.
I think for Patrick it was for some specific routing options he needed.
Otherwise you can run 32 bit plugs on a 64 bit machine in Reaper's 
bridged mode.
When you download Reaper, you are advised to install the Reaper version 
designed for your system, I.E. 32 bit Reaper on XP and 64 bit Reaper on 
Windows 7 64 bit.
Plenty of folks here are happy with bridged mode, but I myself don't 
like the more limited access into some partly-accessible 32 bit plugs 
that I get on Win7, so I'm rebuilding my XP setup that ran flawlessly 
for years, before a studio accident wen a little dog tangled itself in 
cables which shorted a jack; which in turn corrupted many drivers.
After that accident, I became hyper-concerned that such a little bit of 
hardware damage could devestate XP so much, so configured another hard 
drive for a Win7 64 daw.
Since then, I experienced Win7 64 also being devestated in another 
computer; by an internal short circuit, when an overly large PCIE sound 
card drooped against a ram stick, and blew out something.
I'm now thinking it'll be much less time-consuming to go through the 
damaged XP daw, replace corrupted drivers and such, than to set up 
complex things like Novation AutoMap on this Win7 daw.
I also think, despite that 64 bit bridged mode works fairly well, that 
classic 32 bit plugs, like me,  are happiest on 32 bit XP.
I've been  hundred percent comfortable navigating Win7 since it first 
came out; like some of its ways better than XP, just don't think bridged 
mode is as good as 32 bits for me, and can't afford to replace all those 
classic 32 bit plugs.
Hate to be a retro, but if I'm more at home with XP and my great old 
plugs, I'll move back in that cozy old house.
I don't find the instability in XP, that some mention,  but it's 
certainly true that XP is no good on the web, way too easily penetrated 
to cope with modern viruses, so I'll never again risk going online with 
it again.
The major inconvenience with running two systems is going online with 
Win7 to get updates to plugs or newer Reaper versions, then transferring 
registration scripts and updates back to the XP system on a thumb drive.
I simply believe it's safer not to put your daw online, and I hear that 
plenty of commercial studios wouldn't even consider doing it.
My thing is that I can get to some of my plug's interfaces really well 
with Window-Eyes, but  GW Micro never fixed the inability of Wineyes to 
cooperate with 64 bit Reaper and ReaAccess; despite the fact that Jaws, 
NVDA and System Access all work fine with 64 bit Reaper and ReaAccess.
  GW Micro blames ReaAccess, and doesn't believe Wineyes needs fixing; 
so have put zero resources toward the issue.
Indi

On 7/7/2014 2:11 PM, Jim Snowbarger wrote:
> Jes,
> Patrick has addressed this a couple of times on th8is list.  I don't
> have those messages, but you can probably find them in archive.
> I thin  Patrick is moving right now.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jes" <jessmith at samobile.net>
> To: <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 4:23 AM
> Subject: [RWP] How to install reaaccess 32 on a Win64 bit system?
>
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> So, I'm trying to install the 32 bit version of Reaper 3.76 on a
>> Windows 7 64 bit system, and reaaccess keeps complaining that some
>> components are not found. However, it installs just fine if I install
>> the 64 bit version of Reaper. How can I get reaaccess to install onto
>> Win32 so I can get rid of the 64-bit Reaper?
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jes
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