why do some programs ask wether your Windows is 64bit or 32bit before downloading it, but some other programs doesn’t ask you?

Question

why do some programs ask wether your Windows is 64bit or 32bit before downloading it, but some other programs doesn’t ask you?

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Answer 1

Some programs have a 32 bit version and a 64 bit one, others only have one, usually the 32 bit one, but not always.

While they could make the installer select the version automatically, it would require downloading a file twice the size, however some programs also do that anyways