Microsoft Team's EXE is showing 64-bit launch path from %programfiles% while the EXE itself is present in 32-bit location

Question

When I open task manager and go to Startup tab, it shows that the EXE is running from 64-bit location of %programfiles% directory:

%programfiles% directory shown in screenshot above under command-line column doesn't exist on my PC

Team's EXE is present at below path on my PC:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Teams Installer\

Can someone help me about how Windows is launching Teams application which looks weird to me?

Update: I don't see either program.exe or Teams.exe running in 'Details' tab of task manager.

Answer 1

Determine Executable Paths using Process Explorer

You can determine the path of an executable by using a program called Process Explorer from Microsoft.

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Step 1

Download and extract the Process Explorer zip file from docs.microsoft.com.

Step 2

Right-click on procexp64.exe inside the folder that the zip was extracted to and press Run as administrator...*

Click Yes on the resulting UAC dialog.

On the initial run of the program, the Process Explorer EULA dialog may appear. If this dialog appears at this stage, click Agree.

Step 3

Once the main window of Process Explorer opens, click View on the menu bar. Then click the menu item labeled Select Columns...

The Select Columns dialog appears. The Process Image tab is selected.

Check the following two boxes:

✔ Image Path

✔ Image Type (64 vs 32-bit)

Press OK on the select columns dialog box.

You will now be able to view the location of processes that are running on your computer, as well as whether or not they are 32-bit or 64-bit applications.

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Additionally, you can right-click on any process in the list and click Propeties... The will open a dialog containing more information about the program, including the command line switches that were used to start the program.