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Changes the platform detection for Windows - so that it can be invoked from a 32-bit process when we are on a 64-bit system.
This is the case for example 'make' for windows which only comes with a 32-bit version.

PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432 is only set if the process architecture differs from the platform architecture.

See https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/win32/winprog64/wow64-implementation-details#environment-variables

Fixes #174017

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This pull request correctly updates the Windows architecture detection in bin/internal/shared.bat. The change allows the script to run from a 32-bit process on a 64-bit Windows system by checking the PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432 environment variable, which is the correct approach. The change also fixes a minor typo in a comment. I have one suggestion to improve the readability of the conditional logic.

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Thanks for the wonderful contribution!

Before we land this, we'll need to get a test exemption. I requested one here.

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test-exempt: requires more infra setup than the value of the test would provide

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LGTM. I'll help land this if needed.

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…hitecture (flutter#174019)

Changes the platform detection for Windows - so that it can be invoked
from a 32-bit process when we are on a 64-bit system.
This is the case for example 'make' for windows which only comes with a
32-bit version.

_PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432_ is only set if the process architecture differs
from the platform architecture.

See
https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/win32/winprog64/wow64-implementation-details#environment-variables

Fixes flutter#174017

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…hitecture (flutter#174019)

Changes the platform detection for Windows - so that it can be invoked
from a 32-bit process when we are on a 64-bit system.
This is the case for example 'make' for windows which only comes with a
32-bit version.

_PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432_ is only set if the process architecture differs
from the platform architecture.

See
https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/win32/winprog64/wow64-implementation-details#environment-variables

Fixes flutter#174017

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