Afrow UK
16th July 2005 16:24 UTC

GetVersion plugin
  A 4kB plugin to get Windows version info:
name, type, version, server name, service pack name, and service pack build.

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/wiki/File:GetVersion.zip

Type is e.g. Home Edition

Edit: I could add other version info stuff later if anyone needs it (i.e. non Windows version stuff).

-Stu

Joel
16th July 2005 17:51 UTC

So... Stu is learning API, huh? ;)

:D :up:

onad
16th July 2005 18:10 UTC

Great, but better call it "GetOSversion" to avoid confusion with get FileVersion data.

Afrow UK
16th July 2005 18:56 UTC

I didn't call it that because I may add other version stuff to it, e.g. IE version or perhaps Microsoft Office etc.

Edit: Just added IEVersion which returns IE version and build.

-Stu

Afrow UK
10th March 2006 13:58 UTC

New version with support for x64, Longhorn, Vista.
Also added WindowsPlatformId and WindowsPlatformArchitecture functions.

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/wiki/File:GetVersion.zip

-Stu

Jamyn
10th March 2006 16:31 UTC

Thanks
  Thanks for this; it is appreciated.

sissy
11th March 2006 09:51 UTC

stu

Great plugin just one slight problem it reports windows media center editon as XP which it is to a degree but would be nice if it could also detect this.

thanks

Afrow UK
11th March 2006 14:06 UTC

Right I'll look into it.

-Stu

Afrow UK
11th March 2006 15:11 UTC

Please try this out (WindowsType function).
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/File:GetVersion.zip

-Stu

sissy
12th March 2006 12:19 UTC

Hi Stu,

Still reports as Windows XP.

Found this, might give a heads up http://salloway.org.uk/mediacenter/2004/version.htm

Looks like they read the ident key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Ident key

and depending on the value returned determines the version and any patches.

Hope this helps.

Afrow UK
12th March 2006 13:12 UTC

I did say WindowsType function not WindowsName :p

-Stu

o_owd
16th July 2006 07:03 UTC

hello,
i was using a plugin for windows detection but it is outdated. so i turned to GetVersion.
my software is only for NT platform (NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista). can i make a check for this with your plugin ?
i want the installer to check the platform (9x or NT) and ... i'll do the rest... :)

one more question. what is WindowsPlatformId from your plugin ?

thanks,
OJi.

Afrow UK
16th July 2006 10:32 UTC

1) GetVersion::WindowsName will return e.g. "Windows 2000"
2) Each Windows has a different Platform ID, like 1 2 3 etc. You should be able to find something about this on Google.

-Stu

Afrow UK
16th July 2006 10:34 UTC

I am going to rebuild the plugin just to return 2000 if /short is specified as a parameter.

Edit: Now returns e.g. 2000 instead of Windows 2000.

-Stu

o_owd
16th July 2006 11:09 UTC

thanks, i will try it.

OJi.

edit - the version from wiki is still from april. please post a reply when you upload the new version.

Afrow UK
16th July 2006 11:18 UTC

Uploaded.

By the way, the DLL uses .NET because some of its features are only supported by .NET (i.e. Vista detection).
So, you might want to test the DLL on a system without Microsoft .NET Framework installed.

-Stu

o_owd
16th July 2006 11:20 UTC

i will. thanks again.

OJi.

{_trueparuex^}
16th July 2006 11:43 UTC

Originally posted by Afrow UK
Uploaded.

By the way, the DLL uses .NET because some of its features are only supported by .NET (i.e. Vista detection).
So, you might want to test the DLL on a system without Microsoft .NET Framework installed.

-Stu

Afrow UK
16th July 2006 16:19 UTC

What would have expected it to return?
There may be a bug.

-Stu

{_trueparuex^}
16th July 2006 20:24 UTC

Originally posted by Afrow UK
What would have expected it to return?
There may be a bug.

-Stu

Afrow UK
16th July 2006 21:57 UTC

What is in "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions\ProductType"?

-Stu

{_trueparuex^}
17th July 2006 11:20 UTC

It's "WinNT"

Comperio
27th July 2006 15:55 UTC

FYI:
I just downloaded your latest version and found that IE detection is returning 6.0 when I have 7.0 installed.

Afrow UK
27th July 2006 17:28 UTC

I may remove that function. You can read the IE version from the registry. Infact there's a function in the NSIS documentation under Useful Scripts which reads from the registry. Does that work?

-Stu

Comperio
27th July 2006 17:42 UTC

Yep, that works.

Afrow UK
27th July 2006 17:51 UTC

The plugin function reads the version value from shdocvw.dll
I guess they have left it as 6.0 or something.

-Stu

Comperio
28th July 2006 03:38 UTC

Yep, right you are. I just checked mine and it is version 6.0.2900.2919.

edit:
Just to let you know, I've OK with just reading the registry. I only mentioned the problem because you had a feature that didn't work as designed. ;)

Afrow UK
28th July 2006 10:38 UTC

Thanks :)
I will remove the function soon.

-Stu

Hywkar
14th July 2008 13:44 UTC

Is there an easy way to detect if the operating system is windows server 2000? I tried the latest release and on windows 2000 server it gives me "Windows 2000 version 5.0 (Type : Professional, Server Name : )".

 GetVersion::WindowsName
 Pop $0
 GetVersion::WindowsType
 Pop $1
 GetVersion::WindowsServerName
 Pop $2
 GetVersion::WindowsVersion
 Pop $3

 DetailPrint "Windows $0 version $3 (Type : $1, Server Name : $2)"

MP_chefkoch
14th July 2008 16:16 UTC

Hi Stuart,

you posted that you maybe will include more products or version checks.

What do you think about including a version check for .Net, which will work with dotNet 1, 2 and 3.

In wiki is a script which is able to do that and it seems to work like a charme, but maybe it would be cool to have it in this plugin, so no additional scripts are needed.

kind regards
chefkoch

o_owd
4th November 2008 14:11 UTC

Hey,

Can you update the plugin for windows Server 2008 versions and (maybe) future windows 7 ?

thanks,
OJi.

xbarns
6th January 2009 15:31 UTC

Hi Stuart,

any plans of making this work with the unicode version of NSIS?

I tried and only get nice little "boxes" and some numbers back :)

regards
xBarns

mark.ruys
27th January 2009 19:05 UTC

Originally posted by xbarns
Hi Stuart,

any plans of making this work with the unicode version of NSIS?

I tried and only get nice little "boxes" and some numbers back :)

regards
xBarns

kichik
27th January 2009 20:09 UTC

You need to use RequestExecutionLevel to avoid Vista's compatibility hacks. If it doesn't work, there might be a problem with the embedded manifest. Maybe it was converted to UTF-16 as well though it should stay UTF-8.

mark.ruys
28th January 2009 07:58 UTC

Originally posted by kichik
You need to use RequestExecutionLevel to avoid Vista's compatibility hacks. If it doesn't work, there might be a problem with the embedded manifest. Maybe it was converted to UTF-16 as well though it should stay UTF-8.

cowwoc
31st January 2009 02:27 UTC

What about Vista x64 and Windows7?
  How about adding support for detecting Vista 64-bit and Windows 7?

Anders
31st January 2009 08:34 UTC

you already have a header with 64 bit stuff.

7 is not out yet so we can't be 100% sure what the version number is, probably 6.1.XXXX

Miguel Ventura
4th May 2009 15:34 UTC

Service Pack is localized :( -- improvement suggestion
  Hi

Could you please introduce a function to return the value from wServicePackMajor and/or wServicePackMinor to complement the existing WindowsServicePack which uses szCSDVersion? It's just that the string in szCSDVersion is localized and therefore harder to parse (you have to look for the number assuming that instead of "Service Pack" you can get something else).

Thanks for the great plugin

Best regards,
Miguel

Afrow UK
4th May 2009 16:07 UTC

I'm afraid I do not have the tools available to build this plugin at this time (nor can I install them because I am on Vista here).

Stu

jweinraub
9th June 2009 14:38 UTC

There is a new version of WinVer.nsh that does detect Windows 7. I have the latest build, RC-1 on my laptop. I am willing to test GetVersion on it, as I need to have routines in my installers that detect Windows 7.

Thanks