Can iswindows10orgreater() be run on earlier versions of the OS

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According to the documentation, no. However it doesn't make sense that Windows 10 is required to detect whether Windows 10 is running.

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Checking IsWindows10OrGreater function (Windows)[^]

Posted 14-Mar-17 0:10am

Michael Haephrati

Updated 14-Mar-17 0:45am

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Jochen Arndt · Answer 1 · 2017-03-14T00:45:00

The MSDN seems to be misleading here. IsWindows10OrGreater requires the Windows 10 SDK and (I'm not absolutely sure with this) that the application is manifested for Windows 10.

If your application is not manifested for Windows 10, IsWindows10OrGreater will return false (or fail to work - I'm again not sure) even when running on Windows 10.

You may also have a look at the VersionHelpers.h file. The used functions are supported since Windows 2000.

So it should work when specifying Windows 10 in the manifest and not used at all otherwise.

[EDIT]
When not specifying Windows 10 in the manifest there are solutions to detect Windows 10. However, such is ot recommended by Microsoft.
Part1: Overcoming Windows 8.1's deprecation of GetVersionEx and GetVersion APIs[^]
Getting Operating System Version Info - Even for Windows 10![^]
[/EDIT]