Getting OSName as a string C++ [duplicate] - c++

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Get OS in c++ win32 for all versions of win?
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Closed 9 years ago.
Im am super new to C++ and am trying to figure out how to return the OSName (win 7, 8, vista, xp, etc) as a string. I tried searching and MSDN was no help, only confused me further.
All help appreciated.

it seems using predefined headers is the easiest way
http://sourceforge.net/p/predef/wiki/OperatingSystems/

What makes you think MSDN will give you the answers? Microsoft's implementation on MSDN is not standard C++, and thus you should be looking for a portable solution.

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