How to detect Windows 64-bit platform with .NET?

Question

In a .NET 2.0 C# application I use the following code to detect the operating system platform:

string os_platform = System.Environment.OSVersion.Platform.ToS         


        

Answer 1

Include the following code into a class in your project:

    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Winapi)]
    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
    private static extern bool IsWow64Process([In] IntPtr hProcess, [Out] out bool wow64Process);

    public static int GetBit()
    {
        int MethodResult = "";
        try
        {
            int Architecture = 32;

            if ((Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major == 5 && Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor >= 1) || Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major >= 6)
            {
                using (Process p = Process.GetCurrentProcess())
                {
                    bool Is64Bit;

                    if (IsWow64Process(p.Handle, out Is64Bit))
                    {
                        if (Is64Bit)
                        {
                            Architecture = 64;

                        }

                    }

                }

            }

            MethodResult = Architecture;

        }
        catch //(Exception ex)
        {
            //ex.HandleException();
        }
        return MethodResult;
    }

Use it like so:

string Architecture = "This is a " + GetBit() + "bit machine";