Since the Pulse Secure Service is a 32-bit application, separate lock down exceptions rules will be needed if both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems are supported in the environment for any applications existing in the system32 directory.
In a 64-bit operating system, the system32 directory is intended for 64-bit binary files. If a 32-bit application attempt to read from the system32 directory, Windows will automatically redirect the application to SysWOW64 directory. If the application does not exist in the SysWOW64 directory, the following error message (above) will occur as the path does not exist. If a 32-bit application needs to read from the 64-bit system32 directory, it must use SysNative instead of system32. This is a virtual directory used to access 64-bit system32 folder from a 32-bit application.
An example program path would be the following:
- 32-bit: %windir%\system32\spoolsv.exe
- 64-bit: %windir%\SysNative\spoolsv.exe
