Is a 64-bit Laptop going to be a problem for "Metro" apps?

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I'm looking at a sample Windows 8 C# "Metro" style app (bingPushpin). When I 2-click MainPage.xaml, it gives me, "Design view is unavailable for x64 and ARM target platforms."

My Acer Aspire laptop is, indeed, 64-bit.

Is this going to continue to be a problem for me, or is there a workaround?

If the former, can anybody recommend a Windows 8 dev machine (laptop)?

This seems more like a problem with the configuration of your system then anything. I highly doubt Microsoft would have limited this feature to only the x86 platform. — Ramhound, Oct 09 '12 at 12:31

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 09 '12 at 04:22

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Okay, I see: once I select "x86" from the "Solution Platforms" combobox (so that I've got, from left to right, "Local Machine | Debug | x86" it works fine.

answered Oct 09 '12 at 04:22

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Is a 64-bit Laptop going to be a problem for "Metro" apps?

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