Detect Windows 10 and Windows 11 with .NET
Version numbers have always been a rather weird maintained matter under Windows; however, it became particularly bad with Windows 10, respectively 11. Actually, Windows 10 was supposed to be the last version number - but as most people correctly assumed, this has changed as we know.
What's stupid now is that both Windows 10 and Windows 11 carry the major and minor version 10.0; so there is no clear version number for Windows 10 or 11 for the time being.
The only possibility is actually the build number; also called release number.
From version 10.0.22000 onwards it is Windows 11.
To get the build number you can use the following snippet:
System.Environment.OSVersion.Version.Build
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Benjamin Abt
Ben is a passionate developer and software architect and especially focused on .NET, cloud and IoT. In his professional he works on high-scalable platforms for IoT and Industry 4.0 focused on the next generation of connected industry based on Azure and .NET. He runs the largest german-speaking C# forum myCSharp.de, is the founder of the Azure UserGroup Stuttgart, a co-organizer of the AzureSaturday, runs his blog, participates in open source projects, speaks at various conferences and user groups and also has a bit free time. He is a Microsoft MVP since 2015 for .NET and Azure.