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11/18/2011

OperatingSystem Class

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Represents information about an operating system, such as the version and platform identifier. This class cannot be inherited.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.OperatingSystem

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class OperatingSystem

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public sealed class OperatingSystem

The OperatingSystem type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	OperatingSystem	Initializes a new instance of the OperatingSystem class, using the specified platform identifier value and version object.

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Properties

	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.

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Methods

	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().)

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Remarks

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.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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