C# - Detect if is the user using Windows 7 or Windows 8

Question

I've got a problem with detecting the operating system the user is running. I can detect if is it Version 6 but I can't detect if 6.1 or 6.2 Here's my code so far:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace OSDetect
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string osVer = System.Environment.OSVersion.Version.ToString();

            if (osVer.StartsWith("6.1"))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("This program isn't compatible with Windows 7 and older.");
                Console.ReadKey();
            }
            else
            {

            }
            if (osVer.StartsWith("6.2"))
            {
                Console.Write("> ");
                Console.ReadKey();
            }
            else
            {

            }
        }
    }
}

This doesn't work though.

So basically I want it to detect the minor version too. How can I do this?

But it only detects values like 1 or 3 it still doesn't detect if it's Windows 6 — user3669879, May 25 '14 at 17:26

Ryan T. Grimm · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-25T17:42:16.547

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var version = Environment.OSVersion.Version;

if (version < new Version(6, 2))
{
    Console.WriteLine("This program isn't compatible with Windows 7 and older.");
}
else
{
    Console.WriteLine("This os is compatible");
}

Console.ReadLine();

edited May 25 '14 at 17:42

answered May 25 '14 at 17:31

Ryan T. Grimm

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@user3669879 Can you tell me specifically what dose not work? Is there an exception thrown or is it not detecting the os correctly? – Ryan T. Grimm May 25 '14 at 17:35
I think it's not detecting the OS correctly because the program just exits without showing any text. – user3669879 May 25 '14 at 17:37
Add `Console.ReadLine();` at the end. – Ryan T. Grimm May 25 '14 at 17:38
I added it the first time and still didn't work. – user3669879 May 25 '14 at 17:38
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I changed the code try it now. – Ryan T. Grimm May 25 '14 at 17:42

C# - Detect if is the user using Windows 7 or Windows 8

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