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Boardy
Boardy

Reputation: 36205

Get OS Version / Friendly Name in C#

I am currently working on a C# project. I want to collect users statistics to better develop the software. I am using the Environment.OS feature of C# but its only showing the OS name as something like Microsoft Windows NT

What I want to be able to retrieve is the actual known name of the OS like whether it is Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 and etc.

Is this possible?

Upvotes: 27

Views: 51515

Answers (8)

kuroko09
kuroko09

Reputation: 11

Though this is not a fully C# way of detecting the OS Name, below code works for my needs-

public static string GetFriendlyOSName()
    {
        System.Diagnostics.Process cmd = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
        cmd.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe";
        cmd.StartInfo.Arguments = "/C systeminfo | findstr /c:\"OS Name\"";
        cmd.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
        cmd.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
        cmd.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
        cmd.Start();
        cmd.WaitForExit();
        string output = cmd.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
        cmd.Close();
        return output.Split(new[] { ':' }, 2)[1].Trim();
    }

Note:

  1. This code works for only Windows OS.
  2. The code is tested only on Windows 10, 11.

Upvotes: 1

LastByte CheatZ
LastByte CheatZ

Reputation: 1

string text = (string)Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion").GetValue("ProductName");

this code will get the full os name like this "Windows 8.1 Pro"

Upvotes: -1

George
George

Reputation: 305

Add a .NET reference to Microsoft.VisualBasic. Then call:

new Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.ComputerInfo().OSFullName

From MSDN:

This property returns detailed information about the operating system name if Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is installed on the computer. Otherwise, this property returns the same string as the My.Computer.Info.OSPlatform property, which provides less detailed information than WMI can provide.information than WMI can provide.

Upvotes: 9

Kashish Khanna
Kashish Khanna

Reputation: 75

String subKey = @"SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion";
RegistryKey key = Registry.LocalMachine;
RegistryKey skey = key.OpenSubKey(subKey);
Console.WriteLine("OS Name: {0}", skey.GetValue("ProductName"));

I hope that you find this useful

Upvotes: 4

Younes MiriNezhad
Younes MiriNezhad

Reputation: 1

public int OStype()
    {
        int os = 0;
        IEnumerable<string> list64 = Directory.GetDirectories(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot")).Where(s => s.Equals(@"C:\Windows\SysWOW64"));
        IEnumerable<string> list32 = Directory.GetDirectories(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot")).Where(s => s.Equals(@"C:\Windows\System32"));
        if (list32.Count() > 0)
        {
            os = 32;
            if (list64.Count() > 0)
                os = 64;
        }
        return os;
    }

Upvotes: 2

domskey
domskey

Reputation: 1112

You should really try to avoid WMI for local use. It is very convenient but you pay dearly for it in terms of performance. Think laziness tax!

Kashish's answer about the registry does not work on all systems. Code below should and also includes the service pack:

    public string HKLM_GetString(string path, string key)
    {
        try
        {
            RegistryKey rk = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(path);
            if (rk == null) return "";
            return (string)rk.GetValue(key);
        }
        catch { return ""; }
    }

    public string FriendlyName()
    {
        string ProductName = HKLM_GetString(@"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", "ProductName");
        string CSDVersion = HKLM_GetString(@"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", "CSDVersion");
        if (ProductName != "")
        {
            return (ProductName.StartsWith("Microsoft") ? "" : "Microsoft ") + ProductName +
                        (CSDVersion != "" ? " " + CSDVersion : "");
        }
        return "";
    }

Upvotes: 12

George Duckett
George Duckett

Reputation: 32428

Add a reference and using statements for System.Management, then:

public static string GetOSFriendlyName()
{
    string result = string.Empty;
    ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT Caption FROM Win32_OperatingSystem");
    foreach (ManagementObject os in searcher.Get())
    {
        result = os["Caption"].ToString();
        break;
    }
    return result;
}

Upvotes: 60

BentOnCoding
BentOnCoding

Reputation: 28158

System.OperatingSystem osInfo = System.Environment.OSVersion;

Upvotes: 3

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