List of software for Windows on IA-64 (Itanium)

All software was tested on Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2.

Note that some links point to FTP servers (which some modern browsers might not support) and others to HTTPS (but may also be reachable over plain HTTP).

Name	Version	Notes
.NET Framework	4.0
7-Zip	9.20
BladeEnc	0.94.2	Also available for many other operating systems and architectures!
Dependency Walker	Latest (2.2.6000)
Diff-ext	1.9.2	The installer is an x86 executable, but it will install the IA-64 version.
Filemon	4.34
Gzip	1.2.4
ImDisk	Latest (2.1.1)	Automatic installation by running imdiskinst.exe does not work. Instead, extract its contents with 7-Zip and run install.cmd.
Iometer	1.1.0
Java	Version 6, update 45 (6u45)	The SHA256 hash of jdk-6u45-windows-ia64.exe (which includes both the JRE and the JDK) is 4392c05bb30fbb28223d22aebdf585d67446bf57686a9d480562cd300456a35e.
Kermit	3.0.0 beta 7
KryoFlux DTC	2.20	Includes an IA-64 driver, but the DTC executable is for x86 only. Untested. Later versions will most likely not work because they require SSE2.
OpenCBM	0.4.2
OpenSSL	Latest (3.0.20)	Distributed as source code only. Contains IA-64 assembly code. The 3.0 branch is the last that can be compiled with Visual C++ 2010 without modifications.
Process Explorer	10.2	The executable is for x86, but it extracts and runs an IA-64 executable when run.
Python	2.5.4	It should be possible to compile version 2.5.6 without modifications, but 2.6.0 dropped IA-64 support.
Regmon	4.34
SmartVersion	2.00
STAF	2.6.11	If you already have Java installed, you can download the .jar file (which is smaller than the .exe) and run: `java -jar STAF2611-setup-win64.jar`
System Information Viewer	Latest (5.86)
TweakUI	2.10.0.0
UltraDefrag	7.1.4?	Comes with Lua 5.1.
UnRAR	3.50
UnZip	5.52
VICE	3.0
WinImage	8.50
Xvid	Latest (1.3.7)	Distributed as source code only. Contains IA-64 assembly code, but it is not clear whether it can actually be used on Windows.
Zip	2.31

Compilers

Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 is the last version to target IA-64. It is the same compiler set as included in Visual Studio 2010. First install .NET Framework 4.0 (see above for the IA-64 version), then install the compilers from the ISO file appropriate for your host architecture. (Note that the compiled programs require at least Windows Server 2003 SP1; compatibility with Windows XP is unknown.)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 Compiler Update for the Windows SDK 7.1 updates the aforementioned compiler set to Service Pack 1. Note that IA-64 hosts are also supported despite not being mentioned in the system requirements.
Programs compiled with the aforementioned compiler set may require the Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable.
Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK is, to my knowledge, the last one to target unpatched Windows Server 2003 (and probably also Windows XP). This is x86 software, but can be installed on IA-64.
How to build Windows Itanium applications with LLVM (I have not attempted this yet)

SQL Server 2005

Untested.

Service Pack 3
Service Pack 4
Feature Pack December 2008 (for Service Pack 3?)

Windows Server 2003 updates

For the English-language editions unless noted otherwise.

IA-32 Execution Layer 4.3 (became part of Windows with Service Pack 1)
Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 7 and the MUI pack for it (to my knowledge, there is no Internet Explorer 8, and the other Windows versions are limited to the Internet Explorer version that comes with them)

Windows Server 2008 R2

Untested.

Links

Applications neither interesting nor obtainable for mere mortals:

First published on 13 April 2026.
Last updated on 13 April 2026.

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