Bitness

Computer hardware components greatly evolved throughout the years, which led to modifications in software components as well. Different architectures got developed to support buffed-up components, and it can often be the case when you need to know whether a program is for 32 or 64-bit architectures, and this is where Bitness comes in handy.

Straightforward design and instant results

On the bright side of things, the application comes in a pretty lightweight package, and doesn’t even take you through the steps of an installer to enable functionality. This means that you can have it stored directly on a thumb drive in case you want to carry it with you and use on other computers, especially since registry entries remain intact during the whole operation.The application is pretty straightforward. It specializes in telling you whether or not a file of interest is built for 32 or 64-bit architectures. The design is not something to make it stand out from the crowd, but its simplicity makes individuals of all levels of experience quickly get the hang of things.

Displays file architecture and PE status

In terms of file support, the application lets you load anything as long as it’s under formats like EXE, DLL, or SYS. As the interface description clearly states, loading the file of interest is done through a drag and drop operation. As a result, you get to know the target architecture, and whether or not it’s a PE file.This can come in handy for a decent variety of activities, especially since the result is shown on the spot. Unfortunately, there’s no context menu integration for faster access, but you can bypass this by assigning a hotkey command to the program’s shortcut so that you can launch it regardless of your explorer location.

To end with

All things considered, we can state that Bitness is the type of app to use if you’re not really sure about the type of architecture of something about to be installed on your computer. However, it’s pretty straightforward overall, and could have used at least context menu integration for faster detection.