Windows.GetWindowsVersionFromRegistry Method

Gets the Windows version from the Windows Registry.
public static double GetWindowsVersionFromRegistry()
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Return Value

double

A double.

public static double GetWindowsVersionFromRegistry() => double.Parse((string)Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion",
     "CurrentVersion", ""),
     System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
					
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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8

.NET Core

Supported in: 5.0+, 6.0+

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