DOS Script to detect Windows/OS Version

Simply save the following script in a .bat file and run, it will detect the OS version and will give you the results.

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# detectOS.bat

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@echo off

ver | find "2003" > nul

if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto ver_2003

ver | find "XP" > nul

if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto ver_xp

ver | find "2000" > nul

if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto ver_2000

ver | find "NT" > nul

if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto ver_nt

if not exist %SystemRoot%\system32\systeminfo.exe goto warnthenexit

systeminfo | find "OS Name" > %TEMP%\osname.txt

FOR /F "usebackq delims=: tokens=2" %%i IN (%TEMP%\osname.txt) DO set vers=%%i

echo %vers% | find "Windows 7" > nul

if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto ver_7

echo %vers% | find "Windows Server 2008" > nul

if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto ver_2008

echo %vers% | find "Windows Vista" > nul

if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto ver_vista

goto warnthenexit

:ver_7

:Run Windows 7 specific commands here.

echo Windows 7

goto exit

:ver_2008

:Run Windows Server 2008 specific commands here.

echo Windows Server 2008

goto exit

:ver_vista

:Run Windows Vista specific commands here.

echo Windows Vista

goto exit

:ver_2003

:Run Windows Server 2003 specific commands here.

echo Windows Server 2003

goto exit

:ver_xp

:Run Windows XP specific commands here.

echo Windows XP

goto exit

:ver_2000

:Run Windows 2000 specific commands here.

echo Windows 2000

goto exit

:ver_nt

:Run Windows NT specific commands here.

echo Windows NT

goto exit

:warnthenexit

echo Machine undetermined.

:exit

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