I have windows 11 and 64-bit: I keep getting the below:

Hi,

Most 32-bit apps and games can run just fine on 64-bit versions of Windows 10 (Windows 11 is only 64-bit).

What program are you having issues with?

Am using windows 10 64 bit but on the web site o keep finding windows 7 32 and 64 bit

im having the same issue as him, and those steps didn't work for me either, if you can help me my system type is 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor and i have windows 11

Yes

Minimum for the game (as stated on Stream):

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

OS: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit or higher

Processor: Intel Core i3 or Equivalent

Memory: 4 GB RAM

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4200 NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M AMD Radeon R5 M240

DirectX: Version 11

Network: Broadband Internet connection

Storage: 12 GB available space

and I have:

OS: Windows 10 64-bit

Processor: Intel Core I7-3770 @3.40 GHz

Memory: 12 GB RAM

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI 4 GB

DirectX: Version 11

Network: yes

Storage: enough

Seeing this I got more than enough to be able to run the game on maximum setting at 60 FPS.

If you encounter a 16-bit application error message for games or apps that are actually designed for 64-bit systems, it could indicate a different underlying issue.

The above comments come from the fact that if you do a general internet search of such an error, you'll get articles and forum posts of users encountering this problem while actually attempting run old 16 bit games and software on modern 64 bit versions of Windows 10 or 11, not while running 64 bit apps on a modern 64 bit Windows 10/11 PC.

DOSBox is a PC emulator, but, it has no relation to this issue at all.

Have you run the system file checker utility in Windows? Open the Command Prompt as an administrator and enter the command sfc /scannow to scan and repair system files.

Can you provide some more information on your system specs please?

I suspect either some key system files are damaged/corrupt/out of date. Or, some background third party app is interfering with the Xbox app, such as an anti-virus or other security program. Unlike games from Steam, GoG or EA, to name a few, Xbox game installs are locked and encrypted. Something in Windows or running in the background may be making Windows think these games are 16 bit applications.

Bear in mind that there a myriad of PC hardware configurations with many different software and hardware setups. Without perhaps doing such a drastic step of completely formatting your PC and installing a fresh version Windows, it may not be possible to fix on its own.

Reinstalling the Operating system (and I mean booting from a bootable USB drive with a new fresh install of Windows 10 or 11) is what I am referring to here, not attempting to reset Windows from within the OS.