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whyyyyyyyyyy.cs
static bool IsWindows81OrHigher()
{
var notepad = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%SystemRoot%\\Notepad.exe");
var realOsVersion = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(notepad);
return (new Version(realOsVersion.ProductVersion) >= new Version(6, 3, 0, 0));
}
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bennage commented Mar 7, 2014

ha ha ha!

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bennage commented Mar 7, 2014

I'm laughing with you, not at you.

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justinvp commented Mar 8, 2014

lolz. Very creative. And will work great until it is run on a machine where someone has swapped notepad.exe with a notepad replacement (despite the fact that there is a registry key that can be used to avoid replacing the actual binary).

Consider using "feature detection" instead of Windows version checks (e.g. use LoadLibrary and GetProcAddress to see if the library and function is available before using). See anaisbetts/PerMonitorDpi#1 for details.

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