get windows edition in VB.NET

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Hia all Is there any method using VB.NET API to detect Win Edition (e.g. Home/Professional/...)

I tried the sample i found here How can I determine the Windows version from a VB 6 app?, but osv.OSVSize = Len(osv) gets me an error in VB2010Espress: Variable 'osv' is used before it has been assigned a value...

PS I don't want to use WMI

VB6 works nothing at all like VB.net. That example won't be of any use to you. — Frosty840, Aug 24 '11 at 07:22
i am using Environment.OSVersion to get the major and minor version, but i don't know hot to get the edition — Remus Rigo, Aug 24 '11 at 07:24
This looks promising, but I've never looked into the issue myself. Good luck. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304289 — Frosty840, Aug 24 '11 at 07:24

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 24 '11 at 08:23

The following is not at all bullet proof (as the string returned may vary according to the culture and may change without warning in a new version of windows) but it may be good enough for what you want:

    If My.Computer.Info.OSFullName.ToUpper.Contains("PROFESSIONAL") Then
        Debug.WriteLine("Proffessional")
    ElseIf My.Computer.Info.OSFullName.ToUpper.Contains("HOME") Then
        Debug.WriteLine("Home")
    elseif ...
        'etc
    End If

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 24 '11 at 07:29

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I just found GetProductInfo into Kernel32.dll, looking into it....

answered Aug 24 '11 at 07:29

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