Batch File: Easy Way to Detect Windows OS Version

I just wanted to post a sample batch file that shows you how to detect the running version of Microsoft's Windows operating system in case you need to run specific commands based on which OS the batch file is run on. Read on for the sample code.

CheckOS.bat

REM Check Windows Version
ver | findstr /i "5\.0\." > nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto ver_2000
ver | findstr /i "5\.1\." > nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto ver_XP
ver | findstr /i "5\.2\." > nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto ver_2003
ver | findstr /i "6\.0\." > nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto ver_Vista
ver | findstr /i "6\.1\." > nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto ver_Win7
goto warn_and_exit

:ver_Win7
:Run Windows 7 specific commands here
REM echo OS Version: Windows 7 (debug line)
goto end

:ver_Vista
:Run Windows Vista specific commands here
REM echo OS Version: Windows Vista (debug line)
goto end

:ver_2003
:Run Windows Server 2003 specific commands here
REM echo OS Version: Windows Server 2003 (debug line)
goto end

:ver_XP
:Run Windows XP specific commands here
REM echo OS Version: Windows XP (debug line)
goto end

:ver_2000
:Run Windows 2000 specific commands here
REM echo OS Version: Windows 2000 (debug line)
goto end

:warn_and_exit
echo Machine OS cannot be determined.

:end  

 

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