WebClient Application Manager enables end users to configure and manage their use of a WebClient application and to provide information for troubleshooting. It helps you to access and display both 32-bit and 64-bit WebClient versions and WebClient applications, irrespective of the platform of the executable file. For 32-bit WebClient, WebClient Application Manager (prowcam.exe) is a 32-bit executable file, and for 64-bit WebClient, prowcam.exe is a 64-bit executable file.
Only 32-bit WebClient versions and applications can exist on a 32-bit Windows platform. Both 32-bit and 64-bit WebClient versions and applications can exist on a 64-bit Windows platform.
End users should only run the manager with your supervision, and usually for the following reasons:
To specify post-installation WebClient startup parameters
To specify the proxy server host and port for the user's firewall
To access information such as the WebClient Initializer log file and the system registry settings to help you to debug any installation problems
The manager is installed as part of the WebClient installation. Although end users might have multiple versions of WebClient installed on their machine, there is always only one version of the manager for each installation type. You would have a single WebClient Application Manager from all your Administrator instances of WebClient, and another WebClient Application Manager from all your personal instances. The manager for each type of installation is from the most current version of WebClient for that installation type. However, although the manager is part of most current WebClient installation, it can display information about all instances installed on a user's machine.