C++ Windows version issue with Windows 10 home

Question

I am trying to write a C++ program that identifies current Windows version. I saw dozens of such questions and answers but none of them worked for me.

I am running Windows 10 Home edition.

I am using Visual Studio 2015.

First options that I have tried:

    OSVERSIONINFO osvi;
    ZeroMemory(&osvi, sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO));
    osvi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO);
    GetVersionEx(&osvi);
    cout << osvi.dwMajorVersion << endl;
    cout << osvi.dwMinorVersion << endl;

This prints 6 and 2 which according to MSDN corresponds to Windows 8.

Second options that I have tried:

#include <VersionHelpers.h>

if (IsWindowsVistaOrGreater())
    printf("VistaOrGreater\n");
if (IsWindows7OrGreater())
    printf("Windows7OrGreater\n");
if (IsWindows8OrGreater())
    printf("Windows8OrGreater\n");
if (IsWindows8Point1OrGreater())
    printf("Windows8Point1OrGreater\n");
if (IsWindows10OrGreater())
    printf("Windows10OrGreater\n");

In this way, IsWindows10OrGreater() is not defined in my system and gives compile error.

Any help with this?

Answer 1

In Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, the GetVersion and GetVersionEx functions have been deprecated. Applications not manifested for Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 will return the Windows 8 OS version value (6.2)

see Targeting your application for Windows for more info.