OperatingSystem Class
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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.