title: Windows 7 64-bit programfiles environment variable
body: <p>Does anyone know if windows 7 will somehow defer back to the "ProgramFiles(X86)" environmental variable when the "ProgramFiles" variable is used? </p>
  
  <p>We have a situation where a developer is using visual studio and the proj file references assemblies using "$(ProgramFiles)".  The machine is 64-bit and the "ProgramFiles" variable points to "C:\Program Files", however the assemblies are in "C:\Program Files (X86)" yet the project builds.  It does not build if the literal "C:\Program Files" path is used.  The compiler says it cannot find the assemblies</p>