Win32 API to tell whether a given binary (EXE or DLL) is x86, x64, or ia64

Question

I am trying to find a programmatic way to tell if a binary is x86, x64, or ia64.

Platform: Windows. Language: c/c++.

Background: Before trying to load a thir

Answer 1

You can check the PE header yourself to read the IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE field. Here's a C# implementation that shouldn't be too hard to adapt to C++.