Question

How to identify the currently executing operating system in VB.NET

Answer 1

Imports System

Public Class Program
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim os As OperatingSystem = Environment.OSVersion
        Dim pid As PlatformID = os.Platform

        Select Case pid
            Case PlatformID.Win32NT, PlatformID.Win32S, PlatformID.Win32Windows, PlatformID.WinCE
                Console.WriteLine("Windows operating system")
            Case PlatformID.Unix
                Console.WriteLine("Unix operating system")
            Case Else
                Console.WriteLine("Invalid identifier")
        End Select
    End Sub
End Class


 
 
 
 
' run:
'
' Windows operating system
'

 

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