Hi,

Is there a way to know if the OS version is Vista or higher through a MS-DOS
batch
file ?

Following is a sample which I managed to do

Ver > OSVer.Txt
FIND "[Version 6." OSVer.Txt > NUL
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO OS is not Vista
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO OS is Vista

The problems which I have regarding the above are,
- How to get the output from the VER command to a variable ? or is there any
other command ?
- Say if I send the output from VER to a text file how to know whether the
OS is Vista and above ?
(FIND only searches for a perticular text)

Please advise.

You can always run a simple script

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"DPM" <aa@bb.cc> wrote in message news:O65VRxYLIHA.4684@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to know if the OS version is Vista or higher through a MS-DOS
> batch
> file ?
>
> Following is a sample which I managed to do
>
> Ver > OSVer.Txt
> FIND "[Version 6." OSVer.Txt > NUL
> IF ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO OS is not Vista
> IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO OS is Vista
>
> The problems which I have regarding the above are,
> - How to get the output from the VER command to a variable ? or is there any
> other command ?
> - Say if I send the output from VER to a text file how to know whether the
> OS is Vista and above ?
> (FIND only searches for a perticular text)
>
> Please advise.
>
>[/color]

Thanks.
Any ideas on how I can do this ? Some sort of clue or example would help.
Do I need to create an exe using a programming language ?


"Peter Foldes" <okf22********.com> wrote in message
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You can always run a simple script

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"DPM" <aa@bb.cc> wrote in message
news:O65VRxYLIHA.4684@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to know if the OS version is Vista or higher through a
> MS-DOS
> batch
> file ?
>
> Following is a sample which I managed to do
>
> Ver > OSVer.Txt
> FIND "[Version 6." OSVer.Txt > NUL
> IF ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO OS is not Vista
> IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO OS is Vista
>
> The problems which I have regarding the above are,
> - How to get the output from the VER command to a variable ? or is there
> any
> other command ?
> - Say if I send the output from VER to a text file how to know whether the
> OS is Vista and above ?
> (FIND only searches for a perticular text)
>
> Please advise.
>
>[/color]

DPM

Since this is a Vista newsgroup and putting a script within a post would not be appropriate for some frequenting this group, may I suggest that you repost this to the scripting newsgroup

news:\\msnews.microsoft.com\microsoft.public.windows.server.scripting


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"DPM" <aa@bb.cc> wrote in message news:OyOfLnZLIHA.5764@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Thanks.
> Any ideas on how I can do this ? Some sort of clue or example would help.
> Do I need to create an exe using a programming language ?
>
>
> "Peter Foldes" <okf22********.com> wrote in message
> news:%23E$EGEZLIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> You can always run a simple script
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "DPM" <aa@bb.cc> wrote in message
> news:O65VRxYLIHA.4684@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a way to know if the OS version is Vista or higher through a
>> MS-DOS
>> batch
>> file ?
>>
>> Following is a sample which I managed to do
>>
>> Ver > OSVer.Txt
>> FIND "[Version 6." OSVer.Txt > NUL
>> IF ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO OS is not Vista
>> IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO OS is Vista
>>
>> The problems which I have regarding the above are,
>> - How to get the output from the VER command to a variable ? or is there
>> any
>> other command ?
>> - Say if I send the output from VER to a text file how to know whether the
>> OS is Vista and above ?
>> (FIND only searches for a perticular text)
>>
>> Please advise.
>>
>> [/color]
>
>[/color]

Thanks.


"Peter Foldes" <okf22********.com> wrote in message
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DPM

Since this is a Vista newsgroup and putting a script within a post would not
be appropriate for some frequenting this group, may I suggest that you
repost this to the scripting newsgroup

news:\\msnews.microsoft.com\microsoft.public.windows.server.scripting


--
Peter

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"DPM" <aa@bb.cc> wrote in message
news:OyOfLnZLIHA.5764@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Thanks.
> Any ideas on how I can do this ? Some sort of clue or example would help.
> Do I need to create an exe using a programming language ?
>
>
> "Peter Foldes" <okf22********.com> wrote in message
> news:%23E$EGEZLIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> You can always run a simple script
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "DPM" <aa@bb.cc> wrote in message
> news:O65VRxYLIHA.4684@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a way to know if the OS version is Vista or higher through a
>> MS-DOS
>> batch
>> file ?
>>
>> Following is a sample which I managed to do
>>
>> Ver > OSVer.Txt
>> FIND "[Version 6." OSVer.Txt > NUL
>> IF ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO OS is not Vista
>> IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO OS is Vista
>>
>> The problems which I have regarding the above are,
>> - How to get the output from the VER command to a variable ? or is there
>> any
>> other command ?
>> - Say if I send the output from VER to a text file how to know whether
>> the
>> OS is Vista and above ?
>> (FIND only searches for a perticular text)
>>
>> Please advise.
>>
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]