On Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 05:55 Julien Rouhaud <rjuju...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > Please keep the list in copy, especially if that's about Windows specific > as > I'm definitely not very knowledgeable about it. > > On Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 09:18:03AM +0000, Wilm Hoyer wrote: > > > > If you don't wanna go the manifest way, maybe the RtlGetVersion function > is the one you need: > > > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/ddi/wdm/nf-wdm-rtlgetversion?redirectedfrom=MSDN > > Thanks for the info! I tried to use the function but trying to include > either > wdm.h or Ntddk.h errors out. Unfortunately I don't know how to look for a > file > in Windows so I don't even know if those files are present. > That's a kernel api for use in drivers. Not in applications. You need the device driver developer kit to get to the headers. It's not supposed to be used from a user land application. But note the documentation comment that says: “*RtlGetVersion* is the kernel-mode equivalent of the user-mode *GetVersionEx* function in the Windows SDK. ". Tldr, user mode applications are supposed to use GetVersionEx(). /Magnus
