diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/MISC/PluginsManager/Notepad_plus_msgs.h b/PowerEditor/src/MISC/PluginsManager/Notepad_plus_msgs.h
index 739f148a..bcbed23a 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/MISC/PluginsManager/Notepad_plus_msgs.h
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/MISC/PluginsManager/Notepad_plus_msgs.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ enum LangType {L_TEXT, L_PHP , L_C, L_CPP, L_CS, L_OBJC, L_JAVA, L_RC,\
 			   L_EXTERNAL};
 
 enum winVer{ WV_UNKNOWN, WV_WIN32S, WV_95, WV_98, WV_ME, WV_NT, WV_W2K, WV_XP, WV_S2003, WV_XPX64, WV_VISTA, WV_WIN7, WV_WIN8, WV_WIN81, WV_WIN10};
+enum Platform { PF_UNKNOWN, PF_X86, PF_X64, PF_IA64 };
 
 
 
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
index c6499940..c6fd332b 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ generic_string ThemeSwitcher::getThemeFromXmlFileName(const TCHAR *xmlFullPath)
 }
 
 
-winVer getWindowsVersion()
+winVer NppParameters::getWindowsVersion()
 {
 	OSVERSIONINFOEX osvi;
 	SYSTEM_INFO si;
@@ -766,6 +766,24 @@ winVer getWindowsVersion()
 	else
 		GetSystemInfo(&si);
 
+	switch (si.wProcessorArchitecture)
+	{
+	case PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA64:
+		_platForm = PF_IA64;
+		break;
+
+	case PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64:
+		_platForm = PF_X64;
+		break;
+
+	case PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL:
+		_platForm = PF_X86;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		_platForm = PF_UNKNOWN;
+	}
+
    switch (osvi.dwPlatformId)
    {
 		case VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT:
@@ -5887,6 +5905,22 @@ generic_string NppParameters:: getWinVersionStr() const
 	}
 }
 
+generic_string NppParameters::getWinVerBitStr() const
+{
+	switch (_platForm)
+	{
+	case PF_X86:
+		return TEXT("32-bit");
+
+	case PF_X64:
+	case PF_IA64:
+		return TEXT("64-bit");
+
+	default:
+		return TEXT("Unknown-bit");
+	}
+}
+
 void NppParameters::writeStyles(LexerStylerArray & lexersStylers, StyleArray & globalStylers)
 {
 	TiXmlNode *lexersRoot = (_pXmlUserStylerDoc->FirstChild(TEXT("NotepadPlus")))->FirstChildElement(TEXT("LexerStyles"));
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h
index b76f1b87..cdc18e1a 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h
@@ -1476,6 +1476,7 @@ public:
 	bool reloadContextMenuFromXmlTree(HMENU mainMenuHadle, HMENU pluginsMenu);
 	winVer getWinVersion() const {return _winVersion;};
 	generic_string getWinVersionStr() const;
+	generic_string getWinVerBitStr() const;
 	FindHistory & getFindHistory() {return _findHistory;};
 	bool _isFindReplacing = false; // an on the fly variable for find/replace functions
 	void safeWow64EnableWow64FsRedirection(BOOL Wow64FsEnableRedirection);
@@ -1663,6 +1664,7 @@ private:
 	bool _asNotepadStyle = false;
 
 	winVer _winVersion;
+	Platform _platForm;
 
 	NativeLangSpeaker *_pNativeLangSpeaker = nullptr;
 
@@ -1734,4 +1736,5 @@ private:
 	void initScintillaKeys();	//these functions have to be called first before any modifications are loaded
 	int getCmdIdFromMenuEntryItemName(HMENU mainMenuHadle, generic_string menuEntryName, generic_string menuItemName); // return -1 if not found
 	int getPluginCmdIdFromMenuEntryItemName(HMENU pluginsMenu, generic_string pluginName, generic_string pluginCmdName); // return -1 if not found
+	winVer getWindowsVersion();
 };
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/AboutDlg/AboutDlg.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/AboutDlg/AboutDlg.cpp
index 33a3e53d..8d61477f 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/AboutDlg/AboutDlg.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/AboutDlg/AboutDlg.cpp
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ INT_PTR CALLBACK DebugInfoDlg::run_dlgProc(UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM /
 			// OS version
 			_debugInfoStr += TEXT("OS : ");
 			_debugInfoStr += (NppParameters::getInstance())->getWinVersionStr();
+			_debugInfoStr += TEXT(" (");
+			_debugInfoStr += (NppParameters::getInstance())->getWinVerBitStr();
+			_debugInfoStr += TEXT(")");
 			_debugInfoStr += TEXT("\r\n");
 
 			// Plugins