Installation on Windows x64 in C:\Program Files\Go redirects to C:\Program Files (x86)\Go\

[Zachdehooge]

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version 
go version go1.23.0 windows/386

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes, seems to be similar to #17602

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

go env Output

$ go env
set GO111MODULE=
set GOARCH=386
set GOBIN=
set GOCACHE=C:\Users\Zacha\AppData\Local\go-build
set GOENV=C:\Users\Zacha\AppData\Roaming\go\env
set GOEXE=.exe
set GOEXPERIMENT=
set GOFLAGS=
set GOHOSTARCH=386
set GOHOSTOS=windows
set GOINSECURE=
set GOMODCACHE=C:\Users\Zacha\go\pkg\mod
set GONOPROXY=
set GONOSUMDB=
set GOOS=windows
set GOPATH=C:\Users\Zacha\go
set GOPRIVATE=
set GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org,direct
set GOROOT=C:\Program Files\Go
set GOSUMDB=sum.golang.org
set GOTMPDIR=
set GOTOOLCHAIN=auto
set GOTOOLDIR=C:\Program Files\Go\pkg\tool\windows_386
set GOVCS=
set GOVERSION=go1.23.0
set GODEBUG=
set GOTELEMETRY=local
set GOTELEMETRYDIR=C:\Users\Zacha\AppData\Roaming\go\telemetry
set GCCGO=gccgo
set GO386=sse2
set AR=ar
set CC=gcc
set CXX=g++
set CGO_ENABLED=1
set GOMOD=NUL
set GOWORK=
set CGO_CFLAGS=-O2 -g
set CGO_CPPFLAGS=
set CGO_CXXFLAGS=-O2 -g
set CGO_FFLAGS=-O2 -g
set CGO_LDFLAGS=-O2 -g
set PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config
set GOGCCFLAGS=-m32 -mthreads -Wl,--no-gc-sections -fmessage-length=0 -ffile-prefix-map=C:\Users\Zacha\AppData\Local\Temp\go-build3846588415=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches
gdb --version: GNU gdb (GDB) 11.2

What did you do?

Attempted to update the GO module to the new 1.23 using the Windows MSI updater

What did you expect to see?

Expected it to overwrite the Program Files directory for Go

What did you see instead?

installed to Program Files (x86)

Workaround

• After installation I deleted the directory for go in the Program Files directory and copied the newly installed module from Program Files (x86)/GO to Program Files/GO
• Run Go version to validate

[gabyhelp]

Related Issues and Documentation

• release: Installation on Windows x64 in C:\Program Files\Go redirects to C:\Program Files (x86)\Go\ #17602 (closed)
• Upgrading go from 1.15.7 to 1.15.8 doesn't use old installation path on Windows #44134 (closed)
• x/website: #43534 (closed)
• x/build/internal/installer/windowsmsi: Windows installer always adds %USERPROFILE%\go\bin to PATH even if user overrode GOPATH to point to another directory #66633
• go1.23.0 installation problem #68858 (closed)
• x/build/internal/task/releaselet: upgrading Go on windows should prompt with previous installation path #43681
• x/build/cmd/release: menu install from right-click fails on Windows #46570 (closed)
• error gopath #66295 (closed)
• no go files in C:/Users #44891 (closed)
• x/build/cmd/gorebuild: uses wrong path separator for running make.bat on Windows #61951 (closed)

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[dmitshur]

The go version output shows windows/386, but the issue title mentions "Windows x64". Is the problem that the Windows x86 installer (go1.23.0.windows-386.msi) was used instead of the Windows x86-64 installer (go1.23.0.windows-amd64.msi)?

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