GetVersionEx is broken from Windows 8.1 onwards, they want developers to query the OS for functionality rather than check a version number.

GetVersionEx is broken from Windows 8.1 onwards, they want developers to query the OS for functionality rather than check a version number. See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms7...

Posted by tonyedgecombe on May 11, 2015, 7:56 AM

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