C# How to Get Windows Version

Question

Hi guys,
Im on a Project in WPF!
Well however I wanna check the Windows OS by MessageBox.Show(Environment.OSVersion.ToString());
I tried that on Windows 8.1 and I got as result: 6.3.9600.0
Well, on the Windows Server 2012 R2 i get the same result. I informed a little bit and found out with wikipedia:
Wikipedia Link
that Windows 8.1 and the Windows Server 2012 R2 have the same OS Version.
the same is with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
Is there any way to defferentiate Windows 8.1 and the Windows Server 2012 R2 resp. Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
It would be important.
Thanks Guys!

Answer 1

How about this approach here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6331826/get-os-version-friendly-name-in-c-sharp
public static string GetOSFriendlyName()
string result = string.Empty;
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT Caption FROM Win32_OperatingSystem");
foreach (ManagementObject os in searcher.Get())
result = os["Caption"].ToString();
break;
return result;
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.management.managementobjectsearcher%28v=vs.110%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
Hope that helps.
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