in VC++, can you determine if running under Vista OS?

[kodecharlie]

Is there some way in VC++ to determine whether your application is
running under Vista OS?

Thanks,
kodecharlie

[Nathan Mates]

Post by kodecharlie
Is there some way in VC++ to determine whether your application is
running under Vista OS?

This is what GetVersionEx() is for:

OSVERSIONINFO verInfo;
verInfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO);
GetVersionEx(&verInfo);
bool isVistaOrNewer = (verInfo.dwMajorVersion > 5);

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[Chuck Walbourn [MSFT]]

The main thing to remember about OS version checks is that they are the #1
source of appliication compatability bugs with every new release of Windows.
In general, we recommend that you don't use them.

Why are you trying to detect the OS? What behavior change in your program
will you take depending on this result?