Check for Windows 7 / Seven

kando234 · 24th April 2009, 07:58

Hi,

is there any way to check if user is running Windows 7 ?

Thanks
and greets
kando

Anders · 24th April 2009, 08:06

WinVer.nsh will give you the version number, so check for >=6.1

kando234 · 24th April 2009, 08:46

How to do that with WinVer.nsh ?

It offers me only the following functions
and not getting the version number to compare it ?

code:


; AtLeastWin<version> checks if the installer is running on Windows version at least as specified.

; IsWin<version> checks if the installer is running on Windows version exactly as specified.

; AtMostWin<version> checks if the installer is running on Windows version at most as specified.

;

; <version> can be replaced with the following values:

;

;   95

;   98

;   ME

;

;   NT4

;   2000

;   XP

;   2003

;   Vista

;   2008

Animaether · 24th April 2009, 15:33

It's slightly hidden away / not documented. Near the bottom of WinVer.nsh are the bits you'll want to peek at. Example:

code:


${WinVerGetMajor} $0

${WinVerGetMinor} $1

${WinVerGetBuild} $2

${WinVerGetServicePackLevel} $3

MessageBox MB_OK "$0.$1.$2 SP$3"

kichik · 10th May 2009, 13:59

Windows 7 has settled on 6.1? If so, we should add it to WinVer.nsh.

Animaether · 10th May 2009, 16:00

The Release Candidate, Build 7100, is version 6.1, yes.

For confirmation.. download and install, or poke at a number of websites who have done so and peruse screenshots of the 'about screen'

There was some talk of that 6.1 not being the case if they ever got around to implementing minwin but.. yeah

Anders · 10th May 2009, 20:01

minwin was never a product, closest you get is server core

We don't know the build number until RTM, but using 6.1.0000 for now would probably work

Pawel · 10th May 2009, 20:16

Quote:

Originally posted by Animaether
The Release Candidate, Build 7100, is version 6.1, yes.

For confirmation.. download and install, or poke at a number of websites who have done so and peruse screenshots of the 'about screen'

Here is a screenshot. it is 6.1 for now.

-Pawel

th_mi · 11th May 2009, 11:14

Quote:

Originally posted by PepeSoft
Here is a screenshot. it is 6.1 for now.
[Image]
-Pawel

And it will be 6.1 later in W7. See here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...33(VS.85).aspx
(MSDN documentation "OSVERSIONINFOEX Structure" of function "GetVersionEx")

Even if this piece of software is called "Windows Seven" the internal version number is "6.1"

kichik · 11th May 2009, 11:39

That MSDN page also says Windows 2008 R2 has the same version number. Need to work around that one like we worked around Vista and 2008. Anders, care to handle this?

Anders · 11th May 2009, 16:47

for those that can't wait for the next release, get it from http://nsis.svn.sourceforge.net/view...ude/WinVer.nsh

kichik · 11th May 2009, 17:19

Also, if anyone has Windows 7 and/or Windows Server 2008 R2, please add it to the WinVer test thread.

Pawel · 16th May 2009, 13:18

Quote:

Originally posted by kichik
Also, if anyone has Windows 7 and/or Windows Server 2008 R2, please add it to the WinVer test thread.

Kichik,
I want to test it, but what tool should I use?
Should I use WinVer, from that thread? Is it updated to support win7?
-Pawel

kichik · 16th May 2009, 14:18

The tool from the thread is version independent. The version attached there should work fine on Windows 7 as well.

jweinraub · 8th June 2009, 15:51

I can't seem to get Windows 7 to even show up with I pop the variable. I am using the latest WinVer.nsh that includes Win7 routines.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Please see my code.

code:


Function .onInit



GetVersion::WindowsName

Pop $R0



;${If} $R1 == "64"

;  Goto no64

;${EndIf}

${If} $R0 == "XP"

  Goto xp

${ElseIf} $R0 == "XP x64"

  Goto go_away

${ElseIf} $R0 == "2000"

  Goto go_away

${ElseIf} $R0 == "Server 2003"

  Goto go_away

${Elseif} $R0 == "Server 2003 R2"

  Goto go_away

${Elseif} $R0 == "Vista"   

  Goto vista

${Else}

  Goto error

${EndIf}

; i suppose i do need to add a win7 block?  will there be multiple SKUs like Vista?





xp:

   GetVersion::WindowsType

   Pop $R0

   ${If} $R0 == "Professional"

   ${OrIf} $R0 == "Tablet PC Edition"

     Goto go_away

   ${Else}

     Goto non_professional

   ${EndIf}



non_professional:

  MessageBox MB_YESNO|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION|MB_TOPMOST|MB_DEFBUTTON2 \

  "The XYZ-Soft software has not been tested on, and is not supported on Windows XP $R1.$\r$\n$\r$\nXYZ-Tek cannot \

  provide technical support for this installation.$\r$\n$\r$\nDo you want to continue?" \

  IDYES go_away IDNO done

    

vista:

   GetVersion::WindowsType

   Pop $R1



     ${If} $R1 == "Home Basic Edition"

         MessageBox MB_YESNO|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION|MB_TOPMOST|MB_DEFBUTTON2 \

         "The XYZ-Soft software has not been tested on, and is not supported on Windows $R0 $R1.$\r$\n$\r$\nXYZ-Tek cannot \

         provide technical support for this installation.$\r$\n$\r$\nDo you want to continue?" \

         IDYES go_away IDNO done

     ${ElseIf} $R1 == "Home Premium Edition"

         MessageBox MB_YESNO|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION|MB_TOPMOST|MB_DEFBUTTON2 \

         "The XYZ-Soft software has not been tested on, and is not supported on Windows $R0 $R1.$\r$\n$\r$\nXYZ-Tek cannot \

         provide technical support for this installation.$\r$\n$\r$\nDo you want to continue?" \

        IDYES go_away IDNO done

      ${ElseIf} $R1 == "Starter Edition"

         MessageBox MB_YESNO|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION|MB_TOPMOST|MB_DEFBUTTON2 \

         "The XYZ-Soft software has not been tested on, and is not supported on Windows $R0 $R1.$\r$\n$\r$\nXYZ-Tek cannot \

         provide technical support for this installation.$\r$\n$\r$\nDo you want to continue?" \

         IDYES go_away IDNO done

      ${Else}

         Goto go_away

      ${EndIf}



error:

  ; generic block for the rest of OS's... 95,98,Me,7, etc. ??? 

  MessageBox MB_YESNO|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION|MB_TOPMOST|MB_DEFBUTTON2 \

  "The XYZ-Soft software has not been tested on, and is not supported on Windows $R0 $R1.$\r$\n$\r$\nXYZ-Tek cannot \

  provide technical support for this installation.$\r$\n$\r$\nDo you want to continue?" \

  IDYES go_away IDNO done



done:

   Quit

kichik · 8th June 2009, 16:15

You are using GetVersion plug-in and not WinVer.nsh. Use:

code:
!include WinVer.nsh



${If} ${IsWin7}

  MessageBox MB_OK 7

${ElseIf} ${IsWin2000}

  MessageBox MB_OK 2000

# etc... ${ElseIf}...

${EndIf}

jweinraub · 8th June 2009, 17:46

oops,
thanks! (i think i used winver at one point in my life but switched i guess, i think my old codebase has it).

jweinraub · 9th June 2009, 13:46

Okay.. I got a couple of more questions.

In GetVersion they have the ability to find home edition detection (probably why i used it to begin with), is WinVer.nsh going to detect the different SKUs of Home/Vista/7 (Home/Pro/Home Basic/Ultimate/...) Is there a way to detect that?

Also, I like to detect anything below Win 95 (Windows 1.0 - 3.11). is there a way to detect < 95? (I know GetVersion does for example)

Since I know GetVersion more, is my logic below correct? How do I get the version to display in the second message?

code:


Function .onInit



; Give warning about Windows 7



${If} ${IsWin7}

  MessageBox MB_YESNO|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION|MB_TOPMOST|MB_DEFBUTTON2 \

  "The blah software has not been tested on, and is not supported on Windows 7.$\r$\n$\r$\nFoobar Industries cannot \

  provide technical support for this installation.$\r$\n$\r$\nDo you still want to continue with the installation?" \

  IDYES go_away IDNO done

${ElseIf} ${AtLeastWin95}

     ${And} ${AtMostWinME}

       MessageBox MB_OK|MB_ICONSTOP "Windows -version- is not supported by the blah software." IDOK  ; Anything below 2000 throw error

       Quit

; what about below 95 (Win 1 - 3.11)

${EndIf}





done:

   Quit



go_away:

; ...

Thanks so much!

Anders · 9th June 2009, 14:12

lol, Win v1.

AFAIK, NSIS does not work on anything below v4

jweinraub · 9th June 2009, 15:18

I thought nsis did work with < 4.
I thought it can with 3.1 at least, though i never verified it. i thought i saw it in some forum.

Anders · 9th June 2009, 15:32

Win 3.1 is 16bit, you would have to install Win32s on there

jweinraub · 9th June 2009, 19:20

Okay but how do I determine the windows version using winver in the output?

code:


${ElseIf} ${AtLeastWin95}

     ${And} ${AtMostWinME}

       MessageBox MB_OK|MB_ICONSTOP "Windows -version- is not supported by the blah software." IDOK  ; Anything below 2000 throw error

       Quit

${EndIf}

That is generic code, so do i need to make an if for each version?

I can't say : MessageBox MB_OK|MB_ICONSTOP "Windows ${WINVER} is .. " .. ?

jweinraub · 26th June 2009, 13:54

My above code doeswnt seem to work. I tried changing And to AndIf and made no difference other than it allowed me to compile it.

I am unable to execute the installer.

Yathosho · 27th July 2009, 12:47

it would be lovely, if WinVer could make a check if the user is running a 64-bit system (whether its xp, vista or win7 etc.). something like ${Is64bit}/${Is32bit} would be very helpful!

Anders · 27th July 2009, 13:43

Quote:

Originally posted by Yathosho
it would be lovely, if WinVer could make a check if the user is running a 64-bit system (whether its xp, vista or win7 etc.). something like ${Is64bit}/${Is32bit} would be very helpful!

x64.nsh

24th April 2009, 07:58	#1
kando234 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 7	Check for Windows 7 / Seven Hi, is there any way to check if user is running Windows 7 ? Thanks and greets kando

24th April 2009, 08:06	#2
Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 2,779	WinVer.nsh will give you the version number, so check for >=6.1 IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

24th April 2009, 15:33	#4
Animaether Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 1,173	It's slightly hidden away / not documented. Near the bottom of WinVer.nsh are the bits you'll want to peek at. Example: code: ${WinVerGetMajor} $0 ${WinVerGetMinor} $1 ${WinVerGetBuild} $2 ${WinVerGetServicePackLevel} $3 MessageBox MB_OK "$0.$1.$2 SP$3"

10th May 2009, 13:59	#5
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,337	Windows 7 has settled on 6.1? If so, we should add it to WinVer.nsh. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

10th May 2009, 20:01	#7
Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 2,779	minwin was never a product, closest you get is server core We don't know the build number until RTM, but using 6.1.0000 for now would probably work IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

10th May 2009, 16:00	#6
Animaether Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 1,173	The Release Candidate, Build 7100, is version 6.1, yes. For confirmation.. download and install, or poke at a number of websites who have done so and peruse screenshots of the 'about screen' There was some talk of that 6.1 not being the case if they ever got around to implementing minwin but.. yeah

11th May 2009, 11:39	#10
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,337	That MSDN page also says Windows 2008 R2 has the same version number. Need to work around that one like we worked around Vista and 2008. Anders, care to handle this? NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

11th May 2009, 16:47	#11
Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 2,779	for those that can't wait for the next release, get it from http://nsis.svn.sourceforge.net/view...ude/WinVer.nsh IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

11th May 2009, 17:19	#12
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,337	Also, if anyone has Windows 7 and/or Windows Server 2008 R2, please add it to the WinVer test thread. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

16th May 2009, 14:18	#14
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,337	The tool from the thread is version independent. The version attached there should work fine on Windows 7 as well. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

8th June 2009, 16:15	#16
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,337	You are using GetVersion plug-in and not WinVer.nsh. Use: code: !include WinVer.nsh ${If} ${IsWin7} MessageBox MB_OK 7 ${ElseIf} ${IsWin2000} MessageBox MB_OK 2000 # etc... ${ElseIf}... ${EndIf} NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

8th June 2009, 17:46	#17
jweinraub Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 133	oops, thanks! (i think i used winver at one point in my life but switched i guess, i think my old codebase has it).

9th June 2009, 14:12	#19
Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 2,779	lol, Win v1. AFAIK, NSIS does not work on anything below v4 IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

9th June 2009, 15:18	#20
jweinraub Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 133	I thought nsis did work with < 4. I thought it can with 3.1 at least, though i never verified it. i thought i saw it in some forum.

9th June 2009, 15:32	#21
Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 2,779	Win 3.1 is 16bit, you would have to install Win32s on there IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

9th June 2009, 19:20	#22
jweinraub Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 133	Okay but how do I determine the windows version using winver in the output? code: ${ElseIf} ${AtLeastWin95} ${And} ${AtMostWinME} MessageBox MB_OK\|MB_ICONSTOP "Windows -version- is not supported by the blah software." IDOK ; Anything below 2000 throw error Quit ${EndIf} That is generic code, so do i need to make an if for each version? I can't say : MessageBox MB_OK\|MB_ICONSTOP "Windows ${WINVER} is .. " .. ?

26th June 2009, 13:54	#23
jweinraub Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 133	My above code doeswnt seem to work. I tried changing And to AndIf and made no difference other than it allowed me to compile it. I am unable to execute the installer.

27th July 2009, 12:47	#24
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