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SystemInformation Properties

.NET Framework 4.5

The SystemInformation type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	ActiveWindowTrackingDelay	Gets the active window tracking delay.
	ArrangeDirection	Gets a value that indicates the direction in which the operating system arranges minimized windows.
	ArrangeStartingPosition	Gets an ArrangeStartingPosition value that indicates the starting position from which the operating system arranges minimized windows.
	BootMode	Gets a BootMode value that indicates the boot mode the system was started in.
	Border3DSize	Gets the thickness, in pixels, of a three-dimensional (3-D) style window or system control border.
	BorderMultiplierFactor	Gets the border multiplier factor that is used when determining the thickness of a window's sizing border.
	BorderSize	Gets the thickness, in pixels, of a flat-style window or system control border.
	CaptionButtonSize	Gets the standard size, in pixels, of a button in a window's title bar.
	CaptionHeight	Gets the height, in pixels, of the standard title bar area of a window.
	CaretBlinkTime	Gets the caret blink time.
	CaretWidth	Gets the width, in pixels, of the caret in edit controls.
	ComputerName	Gets the NetBIOS computer name of the local computer.
	CursorSize	Gets the maximum size, in pixels, that a cursor can occupy.
	DbcsEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether the operating system is capable of handling double-byte character set (DBCS) characters.
	DebugOS	Gets a value indicating whether the debug version of USER.EXE is installed.
	DoubleClickSize	Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of the area within which the user must click twice for the operating system to consider the two clicks a double-click.
	DoubleClickTime	Gets the maximum number of milliseconds that can elapse between a first click and a second click for the OS to consider the mouse action a double-click.
	DragFullWindows	Gets a value indicating whether the user has enabled full window drag.
	DragSize	Gets the width and height of a rectangle centered on the point the mouse button was pressed, within which a drag operation will not begin.
	FixedFrameBorderSize	Gets the thickness, in pixels, of the frame border of a window that has a caption and is not resizable.
	FontSmoothingContrast	Gets the font smoothing contrast value used in ClearType smoothing.
	FontSmoothingType	Gets the current type of font smoothing.
	FrameBorderSize	Gets the thickness, in pixels, of the resizing border that is drawn around the perimeter of a window that is being drag resized.
	HighContrast	Gets a value indicating whether the user has enabled the high-contrast mode accessibility feature.
	HorizontalFocusThickness	Gets the thickness of the left and right edges of the system focus rectangle, in pixels.
	HorizontalResizeBorderThickness	Gets the thickness of the left and right edges of the sizing border around the perimeter of a window being resized, in pixels.
	HorizontalScrollBarArrowWidth	Gets the width, in pixels, of the arrow bitmap on the horizontal scroll bar.
	HorizontalScrollBarHeight	Gets the default height, in pixels, of the horizontal scroll bar.
	HorizontalScrollBarThumbWidth	Gets the width, in pixels, of the scroll box in a horizontal scroll bar.
	IconHorizontalSpacing	Gets the width, in pixels, of an icon arrangement cell in large icon view.
	IconSize	Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of the Windows default program icon size.
	IconSpacingSize	Gets the size, in pixels, of the grid square used to arrange icons in a large-icon view.
	IconVerticalSpacing	Gets the height, in pixels, of an icon arrangement cell in large icon view.
	IsActiveWindowTrackingEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether active window tracking is enabled.
	IsComboBoxAnimationEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether the slide-open effect for combo boxes is enabled.
	IsDropShadowEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether the drop shadow effect is enabled.
	IsFlatMenuEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether native user menus have a flat menu appearance.
	IsFontSmoothingEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether font smoothing is enabled.
	IsHotTrackingEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether hot tracking of user-interface elements, such as menu names on menu bars, is enabled.
	IsIconTitleWrappingEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether icon-title wrapping is enabled.
	IsKeyboardPreferred	Gets a value indicating whether the user relies on the keyboard instead of the mouse, and prefers applications to display keyboard interfaces that would otherwise be hidden.
	IsListBoxSmoothScrollingEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether the smooth-scrolling effect for list boxes is enabled.
	IsMenuAnimationEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether menu fade or slide animation features are enabled.
	IsMenuFadeEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether menu fade animation is enabled.
	IsMinimizeRestoreAnimationEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether window minimize and restore animation is enabled.
	IsSelectionFadeEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether the selection fade effect is enabled.
	IsSnapToDefaultEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether the snap-to-default-button feature is enabled.
	IsTitleBarGradientEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether the gradient effect for window title bars is enabled.
	IsToolTipAnimationEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether ToolTip animation is enabled.
	KanjiWindowHeight	Gets the height, in pixels, of the Kanji window at the bottom of the screen for double-byte character set (DBCS) versions of Windows.
	KeyboardDelay	Gets the keyboard repeat-delay setting.
	KeyboardSpeed	Gets the keyboard repeat-speed setting.
	MaxWindowTrackSize	Gets the default maximum dimensions, in pixels, of a window that has a caption and sizing borders.
	MenuAccessKeysUnderlined	Gets a value indicating whether menu access keys are always underlined.
	MenuBarButtonSize	Gets the default width, in pixels, for menu-bar buttons and the height, in pixels, of a menu bar.
	MenuButtonSize	Gets the default dimensions, in pixels, of menu-bar buttons.
	MenuCheckSize	Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of the default size of a menu check mark area.
	MenuFont	Gets the font used to display text on menus.
	MenuHeight	Gets the height, in pixels, of one line of a menu.
	MenuShowDelay	Gets the time, in milliseconds, that the system waits before displaying a cascaded shortcut menu when the mouse cursor is over a submenu item.
	MidEastEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether the operating system is enabled for the Hebrew and Arabic languages.
	MinimizedWindowSize	Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of a normal minimized window.
	MinimizedWindowSpacingSize	Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of the area each minimized window is allocated when arranged.
	MinimumWindowSize	Gets the minimum width and height for a window, in pixels.
	MinWindowTrackSize	Gets the default minimum dimensions, in pixels, that a window may occupy during a drag resize.
	MonitorCount	Gets the number of display monitors on the desktop.
	MonitorsSameDisplayFormat	Gets a value indicating whether all the display monitors are using the same pixel color format.
	MouseButtons	Gets the number of buttons on the mouse.
	MouseButtonsSwapped	Gets a value indicating whether the functions of the left and right mouse buttons have been swapped.
	MouseHoverSize	Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of the rectangle within which the mouse pointer has to stay for the mouse hover time before a mouse hover message is generated.
	MouseHoverTime	Gets the time, in milliseconds, that the mouse pointer has to stay in the hover rectangle before a mouse hover message is generated.
	MousePresent	Gets a value indicating whether a pointing device is installed.
	MouseSpeed	Gets the current mouse speed.
	MouseWheelPresent	Gets a value indicating whether a mouse with a mouse wheel is installed.
	MouseWheelScrollDelta	Gets the amount of the delta value of a single mouse wheel rotation increment.
	MouseWheelScrollLines	Gets the number of lines to scroll when the mouse wheel is rotated.
	NativeMouseWheelSupport	Gets a value indicating whether the operating system natively supports a mouse wheel.
	Network	Gets a value indicating whether a network connection is present.
	PenWindows	Gets a value indicating whether the Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing extensions are installed.
	PopupMenuAlignment	Gets the side of pop-up menus that are aligned to the corresponding menu-bar item.
	PowerStatus	Gets the current system power status.
	PrimaryMonitorMaximizedWindowSize	Gets the default dimensions, in pixels, of a maximized window on the primary display.
	PrimaryMonitorSize	Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of the current video mode of the primary display.
	RightAlignedMenus	Gets a value indicating whether drop-down menus are right-aligned with the corresponding menu-bar item.
	ScreenOrientation	Gets the orientation of the screen.
	Secure	Gets a value indicating whether a Security Manager is present on this operating system.
	ShowSounds	Gets a value indicating whether the user prefers that an application present information in visual form in situations when it would present the information in audible form.
	SizingBorderWidth	Gets the width, in pixels, of the sizing border drawn around the perimeter of a window being resized.
	SmallCaptionButtonSize	Gets the width, in pixels, of small caption buttons, and the height, in pixels, of small captions.
	SmallIconSize	Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of a small icon.
	TerminalServerSession	Gets a value indicating whether the calling process is associated with a Terminal Services client session.
	ToolWindowCaptionButtonSize	Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of small caption buttons.
	ToolWindowCaptionHeight	Gets the height, in pixels, of a tool window caption.
	UIEffectsEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether user interface (UI) effects are enabled or disabled.
	UserDomainName	Gets the name of the domain the user belongs to.
	UserInteractive	Gets a value indicating whether the current process is running in user-interactive mode.
	UserName	Gets the user name associated with the current thread.
	VerticalFocusThickness	Gets the thickness, in pixels, of the top and bottom edges of the system focus rectangle.
	VerticalResizeBorderThickness	Gets the thickness, in pixels, of the top and bottom edges of the sizing border around the perimeter of a window being resized.
	VerticalScrollBarArrowHeight	Gets the height, in pixels, of the arrow bitmap on the vertical scroll bar.
	VerticalScrollBarThumbHeight	Gets the height, in pixels, of the scroll box in a vertical scroll bar.
	VerticalScrollBarWidth	Gets the default width, in pixels, of the vertical scroll bar.
	VirtualScreen	Gets the bounds of the virtual screen.
	WorkingArea	Gets the size, in pixels, of the working area of the screen.

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SystemInformation Class

System.Windows.Forms Namespace

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