What is the purpose of the “Prefer 32-bit” setting in Visual Studio and how does it actually work?
Microsoft has a blog entry What AnyCPU Really Means As Of .NET 4.5 and Visual Studio 11: In .NET 4.5 and Visual Studio 11 the cheese has been moved. The default for most .NET projects is again AnyCPU, but there is more than one meaning to AnyCPU now. There is an additional sub-type of AnyCPU, … Read more