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in VC++, can you determine if running under Vista OS?

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kodecharlie

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Jul 23, 2008, 6:00:05 PM7/23/08
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Is there some way in VC++ to determine whether your application is
running under Vista OS?

Thanks,
kodecharlie

Nathan Mates

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Jul 23, 2008, 6:36:02 PM7/23/08
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In article <0282f296-64c1-47f4...@i20g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,

kodecharlie <kodec...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Is there some way in VC++ to determine whether your application is
>running under Vista OS?

This is what GetVersionEx() is for:

OSVERSIONINFO verInfo;
verInfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO);
GetVersionEx(&verInfo);
bool isVistaOrNewer = (verInfo.dwMajorVersion > 5);

Nathan Mates
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Chuck Walbourn [MSFT]

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Aug 20, 2008, 7:47:24 PM8/20/08
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The main thing to remember about OS version checks is that they are the #1
source of appliication compatability bugs with every new release of Windows.
In general, we recommend that you don't use them.

Why are you trying to detect the OS? What behavior change in your program
will you take depending on this result?

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Chuck Walbourn
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