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<H3 class=r>Another trap for the unwary:</H3>
<DIV class=r>Standard Win32MinorVersion returns the wrong version number for
Windows 8.1 – ie one gets 6.2 rather than 6.3</DIV>
<H3 class=r>From MSDN</H3>
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title=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724833%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724833%28v=vs.85%29.aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724833%28v=vs.85%29.aspx</A></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman">OSVERSIONINFOEX structure (<EM>Windows</EM>) - MSDN -
Microsoft</FONT></A></H3>
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<DIV><SPAN class=st><FONT face="Times New Roman">Windows Server 2008 R2, 6.1, 6,
<EM>1</EM>, OSVERSIONINFOEX.wProductType !</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=st><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=st><FONT face="Times New Roman">Lists all the Windows
Major/Minor version numbers </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=st><FONT
face="Times New Roman">with the delightful footnote <B>...</B> “Applications not
manifested for 8.1 will <EM>return</EM> the <EM>Windows 8</EM> OS version value
(<WBR>6.2).”</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=st><FONT face="Times New Roman">So now I have to manifest the
program for Windows 8.1 for it to see the correct Windows version. So I
have to find out whatever that actually
involves.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>