Gettin' windows name (version)

[aaronmorlocks]

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to get the windows version (not the numbered version like 6.0 (Vista) or 5.0). To do it I know that I can use the System.Environment.OSVersion.

What I really need is the name, like 'Windows XP Professional' or 'Windows XP Home' etc. I need this cause I'll check it in a installer. If the user OS is Home, i'll send a message.

Does anyone knows how to do it?

thanks
Fernando

[Plater]

Well windows xp home is a different number then xp pro right?

Regardless, I think there is some WMI that can be used to get it

From WMI Code Creater:

using System;
using System.Management;
using System.Windows.Forms;
 
namespace WMISample
{
    public class MyWMIQuery
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            try
            {
                ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = 
                    new ManagementObjectSearcher("root\\CIMV2", 
                    "SELECT * FROM Win32_OperatingSystem"); 
 
                foreach (ManagementObject queryObj in searcher.Get())
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("-----------------------------------");
                    Console.WriteLine("Win32_OperatingSystem instance");
                    Console.WriteLine("-----------------------------------");
                    Console.WriteLine("Caption: {0}", queryObj["Caption"]);
                    Console.WriteLine("Version: {0}", queryObj["Version"]);
                }
            }
            catch (ManagementException e)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("An error occurred while querying for WMI data: " + e.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}
 

[dmj07]

Try these links:


http://forums.msdn.microsoft.com/en-...-8e2c717a9908/


http://www.codeproject.com/KB/winsdk...0&select=70741

[joedeene]

another link is Link 1 it gives you numbers but there is a table that shows you what they mean.

[aaronmorlocks]

Thnx ! It works!

But now I have another problem, I need to get the Windows Edition, i.e. Vista Home Basic, Vista Ultimate, XP Professional, XP Starter Edition etc...

Should I read the registry?

[Plater]

The code I posted should be able to show that (or you might need to add a few more properties from the selection, there are plenty available)