System.GetOSName

string System.GetOSName (

)

Description

Gets the name of the operating system the user is running:

Note: On Windows 7 or later, when this action is called from a custom action, it will return information for Windows Vista, NOT later OSs due to the VistaRTMVersionLie compatibility fix. See More Information.

Windows 10

Windows Server 2016

Windows 8.1

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows 8

Windows Server 2012

Windows 7

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Vista

Windows Server 2008

Windows XP

Windows Server 2003

Windows 2000

Windows NT 4

Windows NT 3

Windows ME

Windows 98

Windows 95

Parameters

None.

Returns

(string) A string containing the name of the OS the user is running on their system. If this action fails, a blank string "" is returned. You can use Application.GetLastError to determine whether this action failed, and why.