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This search turns up some quite a few results, including some OpenJDK code: https://searchcode.com/?q=if%28version%2Cstartswith%28%22windows+9%22%29 https://sea

• gruez 11y ago
  that's irrelevant because Microsoft fakes version information for applications by default[1]. [1] https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724439%28v=vs.85%29.aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms7...
  • ryandrake 11y ago
    It's cute, because the dedication to backwards compatibility is so uniquely Microsoftian: "We're going to create this API that idiots will inevitably abuse or misuse. Then, in the next version, after all the idiots have abused or misused the API, we're going to deliberately return wrong results from it so that the idiots' applications don't all break." It's really baked into their DNA, all the way back to the early days of Windows where they replicated all those DOS bugs so buggy games that took advantage of them would still function on Windows.
  • Arnavion 11y ago
    Whether or not it's true, it's certainly not irrelevant. Application manifests only apply to applications. If an application aware of W10 loads a third-party plugin that isn't, the plugin will still get the real version. This is a very real scenario when you consider the application is explorer.exe and the plugin is any software that installs custom context menu actions.
  • jug 11y ago
    But the above isn't looking at (faked) version information / GetVersion, but the name of the operating system, which is not faked in any call that I know.