How to translate MS Windows OS version numbers into product names in .NET?

Question

How to translate MS Windows OS version numbers into product names?

For example, in .NET the following two properties could be used to work out that the product is MS Windows Vista Ultimate Edition :

Environment.OSVersion.Platform returns Win32NT

Environment.OSVersion.Version returns 6.0.6001.65536

Answer 1

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VB:

Public Function GetOSVersion() As String     Select Case Environment.OSVersion.Platform         Case PlatformID.Win32S             Return "Win 3.1"         Case PlatformID.Win32Windows             Select Case Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor                 Case 0                     Return "Win95"                 Case 10                     Return "Win98"                 Case 90                     Return "WinME"                 Case Else                     Return "Unknown"             End Select         Case PlatformID.Win32NT             Select Case Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major                 Case 3                     Return "NT 3.51"                 Case 4                     Return "NT 4.0"                 Case 5                     Select Case _                         Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor                         Case 0                             Return "Win2000"                         Case 1                             Return "WinXP"                         Case 2                             Return "Win2003"                     End Select                 Case 6                     Select Case _                         Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor                         Case 0                             Return "Vista/Win2008Server"                         Case 1                             Return "Win7/Win2008Server R2"                         Case 2                             Return "Win8/Win2012Server"                         Case 3                             Return "Win8.1/Win2012Server R2"                     End Select                 Case 10  //this will only show up if the application has a manifest file allowing W10, otherwise a 6.2 version will be used                   Return "Windows 10"                 Case Else                     Return "Unknown"             End Select         Case PlatformID.WinCE             Return "Win CE"     End Select End Function 

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C#

public string GetOSVersion() {   switch (Environment.OSVersion.Platform) {     case PlatformID.Win32S:       return "Win 3.1";     case PlatformID.Win32Windows:       switch (Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor) {         case 0:           return "Win95";         case 10:           return "Win98";         case 90:           return "WinME";       }       break;      case PlatformID.Win32NT:       switch (Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major) {         case 3:           return "NT 3.51";         case 4:           return "NT 4.0";         case 5:           switch (Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor) {             case 0:               return "Win2000";             case 1:               return "WinXP";             case 2:               return "Win2003";           }           break;          case 6:           switch(Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor) {             case 0:               return "Vista/Win2008Server";             case 1:               return "Win7/Win2008Server R2";             case 2:               return "Win8/Win2012Server";             case 3:               return "Win8.1/Win2012Server R2";           }           break;         case 10:  //this will only show up if the application has a manifest file allowing W10, otherwise a 6.2 version will be used           return "Windows 10";       }       break;      case PlatformID.WinCE:       return "Win CE";   }    return "Unknown"; }