OperatingSystem Class
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
Represents information about an operating system, such as the version and platform identifier. This class cannot be inherited.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The OperatingSystem type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | OperatingSystem | Initializes a new instance of the OperatingSystem class, using the specified platform identifier value and version object. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Platform | Gets a System.PlatformID enumeration value that identifies the operating system platform. |
![]() | Version | Gets a System.Version object that identifies the operating system. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Clone | Creates an OperatingSystem object that is identical to this instance. |
![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | ToString | Converts the value of this OperatingSystem object to its equivalent string representation. (Overrides Object.ToString().) |
The OperatingSystem class contains information about an operating system. For example, the Environment.OSVersion property returns information about the currently executing operating system in an OperatingSystem object.
By design, the OperatingSystem class is not a general purpose means of describing an operating system, and you cannot derive a more inclusive type from the OperatingSystem class. If you need a type to contain other information about an operating system, create your own type, then include a field of type OperatingSystem and any additional fields, properties, or methods you require.


