remote machine 32-bit or 64-bit?

Question

I have ssh into a windows machine through my linux machine using putty. How do i find if the machine i have ssh into is 64-bit or 32-bit?

Answer 1

Assuming a 64-bit build of OpenSSH is installed on your Windows host, check if there is a C:\\Windows\\SysWow64 directory?

If it's a 32-bit build of OpenSSH, you can do the opposite and check for system files that should be in C:\\Windows\\system32\\ but aren't as you're being invisibly redirected to C:\\Windows\\SysWow64 instead (bcdedit.exe, for example, is in system32 but not in syswow64).