How to determine the Windows version by using Visual C# | windows 7 windows vista

Here is a good code includes Windows 7 and Windows Vista recognaizer.

Code:

public enum WindowsVersions { UnKnown,
Win95, Win98, WinMe, WinNT3or4, Win2000, WinXP, WinServer2003, WinVista,
Win7, MacOSX, Unix,
Xbox };

public static
WindowsVersions GetCurrentWindowsVersion()

{

// Get OperatingSystem
information from the system namespace.

System.OperatingSystem osInfo = System.Environment.OSVersion;

 

// Determine the platform.

if (osInfo.Platform
== System.PlatformID.Win32Windows)

{

// Platform is Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second
Edition, or Windows Me.

switch (osInfo.Version.Minor)

{

case 0:

//Console.WriteLine("Windows 95");

return WindowsVersions.Win95;

 

case 10:

//if (osInfo.Version.Revision.ToString() == "2222A")

// Console.WriteLine("Windows 98 Second Edition");

//else

// Console.WriteLine("Windows 98");

return WindowsVersions.Win98;

 

case 90:

//Console.WriteLine("Windows Me");

return WindowsVersions.WinMe;

}

}

else if (osInfo.Platform == System.PlatformID.Win32NT)

{

// Platform is Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0, Windows
2000, or Windows XP.

switch (osInfo.Version.Major)

{

case 3:

case 4:

//Console.WriteLine("Windows NT 3.51"); // = 3

//Console.WriteLine("Windows NT 4.0"); // = 4

return WindowsVersions.WinNT3or4;

 

case 5:

switch (osInfo.Version.Minor)

{

case 0:

//name = "Windows 2000";

return WindowsVersions.Win2000;

case 1:

//name = "Windows XP";

return WindowsVersions.WinXP;

case 2:

//name = "Windows Server 2003";

return WindowsVersions.WinServer2003;

}

break;

 

case 6:

switch (osInfo.Version.Minor)

{

case 0:

// Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 (distinct by rpoduct
type)

return WindowsVersions.WinVista;

 

case 1:

return WindowsVersions.Win7;

}

break;

}

}

else if (osInfo.Platform == System.PlatformID.Unix)

{

return WindowsVersions.Unix;

}

else if (osInfo.Platform == System.PlatformID.MacOSX)

{

return WindowsVersions.MacOSX;

}

else if (osInfo.Platform == PlatformID.Xbox)

{

return WindowsVersions.Xbox;

}

return WindowsVersions.UnKnown;

}

 

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