32-bit process not started in windows docker container

Question

I have a simple 32 bit commandline application (CPP application), which is started using C# in ASP.NET Core.

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Application");

It is working fine in 32-bit/64-bit application when testing on serveral windows OS (32-bit/64-bit).

When running the application in docker container, it does not launch the 32-bit application.

If I use the simple 64-bit applcation, then it is launching properly. But I could not build my CPP application to 64-bit, as its dependencies are 32-bit.

Docker container : windows/amd64

Can anyone please help me to overcome this? I'm new to docker.

Answer 1

There is no supported way of running 32-bit applications in containers. You might find some obscure ways to create 32-bit containers though. But it involves a lot of work and such a container would only support 32-bit applications.

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