On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 03:04:23PM +0000, Wilm Hoyer wrote: > > I used the following hack to get the "real" Major and Minor Version of > Windows - it's in C# (.Net) and needs to be adjusted (you can compile as x64 > and use a long-long as return value ) to return the Service Number too and > translated it into C. > I share it anyways, as it might help - please be kind, as it really is a > little hack. > > Situation: > Main Application can't or is not willing to add a manifest file into its > resources. > > Solution: > Start a small executable (which has a manifest file compiled into its > resources), let it read the OS Version and code the Version into its return > Code.
Thanks for sharing. Having to compile another tool just for that seems like a very high price to pay, especially since we don't have any C# code in the tree. I'm not even sure that compiling this wouldn't need additional requirements and/or if it would work on our oldest supported Windows versions.
