How to get Windows Version - as in "Windows 10, version 1607"?
according to MSDN official link there's a specific version number for each windows version out there. in dot net this can be read using the Environment.OSVersion object.
Console.WriteLine("OSVersion: {0}", Environment.OSVersion);
//output: OSVersion: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0
What you are looking for is called ReleaseID not a version of windows. this be can read from registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ReleaseId
using Microsoft.Win32;
string releaseId = Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", "ReleaseId", "").ToString();
Console.WriteLine(releaseId);
private static ManagementObject GetMngObj(string className)
{
var wmi = new ManagementClass(className);
foreach (var o in wmi.GetInstances())
{
var mo = (ManagementObject)o;
if (mo != null) return mo;
}
return null;
}
public static string GetOsVer()
{
try
{
ManagementObject mo = GetMngObj("Win32_OperatingSystem");
if (null == mo)
return string.Empty;
return mo["Version"] as string;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
return string.Empty;
}
}
How to Use:
Console.WriteLine(GetOsVer());
Result: 10.0.0.1299
In addition to Scott's answer, you can also get the product name (ex. Windows 10 Pro) with this (*I take no credit as Scott is the one who mentioned the registry path + I'm reusing his code below):
using Microsoft.Win32;
string ProductName =
Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", "ProductName", "").ToString();
Console.WriteLine(ProductName);
string Version = (string)Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", "ProductName", null);
Gives a name like "Windows 10 Enterprise".