What's the supportedOS GUID for Windows 10?

Question

We\'re detecting the OS version for statistics. Starting with Windows 8.1, the OS \"lies\" about its version when using GetVersion. However, System.Enviro

Answer 1

Other GUIDs for other OS contexts:

| OS              | GetVersionEx | supportedOS Id                                             |
|-----------------|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Windows 10      | 10.0*        |  |
| Windows 8.1     | 6.3          |  |
| Windows 8       | 6.2          |  |
| Windows 7       | 6.1          |  |
| Windows Vista   | 6.0          |  |
| Windows XP      | 5.1          | n/a                                                        |
| Windows 2000    | 5.0          | n/a                                                        |
| Windows NT 4    | 4.0          | n/a                                                        |
| Windows NT 3.51 | 3.51         | n/a                                                        |
| Windows NT 3.1  | 3.1          | n/a                                                        |

* was 6.4 prior to build 9926. After build 9926 it reports 10.0

The page that maintains the documentation for these values:

• Application Manifests (archive)

When running on Windows 10

| OS Context    | GetVersionEx |
|---------------|--------------|
| Windows Vista | 6.2          |
| Windows 7     | 6.2          |
| Windows 8     | 6.2          |
| Windows 8.1   | 6.3          |
| Windows 10    | 10.0         |