https://github.com/vweevers/windows-bin

Find native Windows executables
https://github.com/vweevers/windows-bin

nodejs utility windows wow64

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Find native Windows executables

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/vweevers/windows-bin
• Owner: vweevers
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-03-12T14:52:43.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-11-27T13:03:37.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-19T11:42:22.385Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: nodejs, utility, windows, wow64
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 5.86 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# windows-bin

**Find Windows core executables like `cscript`, preferring the native 64-bit version regardless of Node.js bitness. Because by default, when running 32-bit Node.js, Windows would redirect to 32-bit [WoW64](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WoW64) executables.**

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## Usage

```js

const bin = require('windows-bin')

// C:\Windows\Sysnative\cscript.exe

bin('cscript', function(err, path) {

  console.log(path)

})

// C:\Windows\system32\cscript.exe

bin('cscript', { native: false }, function(err, path) {

  console.log(path)

})

```

## Install

With [npm](https://npmjs.org) do:

```

npm install windows-bin

```

## License

[MIT](LICENSE)