Does InstallShield Limited Edition LE support 32 bit & 64 bit deployments?

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I've installed InstallShield LE for Visual Studio 2012 and created an msi. It works fine installing on a 64 bit machine, but on a 32 bit machine I get an error "(null) is not a valid Win32 application".

My project is built to support Any CPU as the platform target.

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If your machine is 64 bit, it will only make the 64 bit .msi file when you build "Any CPU". I had the same issue and found the best solution is just to use a 32 bit platform or make two separate projects and have two different installers. If you want to have both 32 bit and 64 bit .msi files in a single setup project you have to get the Pro version.

The answer to this question discuses how to do this. Installshield 2012 : Identify 32 or 64 bit Operating system and install appropriate ActiveX control - Basic msi installer