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this information I researched will also be posted at http://JesusnJim.com/programming/GetVersionEx.html -
this should be my final report, at least until another OS beyond 7 comes out.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/92936/
in windows 3.1 things switched to the function GetVersion() which returned a DWORD:
the high byte was the major version, and the low byte was the minor version number.
but I think after Win32s GetVersionEx() was introduced, which can take two different types of structures,
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correction 2.5.1 XP (GetSystemMetri cs(SM_MEDIACENT ER) != 0 for Media Center, wSuiteMask&VER_ SUITE_PERSONAL != 0 for Home otherwise Pro)
XP MCE is NOT 2.7.3Leave a comment:
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correction: 0.?.? Win32s
don't know major and minor version number for win32s.
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guys, regardless of the method used, I still needed the data anyway. thanks for the effort. I found what I was looking for and posted it so I can help others who need the same information. the only thing I don't have is version number major and minor information on Windows NT 3.51 and Windows NT 3.1. I *think* I have Win32s, which I think is 0.0 If I am wrong please correct me with an article, preferably one from Microsoft.
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I am looking for something I can use to write installers with and base simple code off of. reading the registry is the only thing that commonly works right across the 2 applications I am thinking of. win32/DLL calls are out because the language is broken (Auto-it3). I know about GetVersionEx(). nobody has answered my question. I have incomplete answers to my data request still, but i think I found a partial answer:
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reliable way to get windows version. data please?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158238 lists the OS's for Windows ME through Windows 95.
it comes from the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE\Mi crosoft\Windows \CurrentVersion[VersionNumber]
and you don't bother with the appended A's and B's because that is in a different entry.
Microsoft doesn't have such a list for newer OS's, unfortunately.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE\Mi crosoft\Windows...
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