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How can a UWP (C#, XAML) app detect if it is running on a N or KN edition of Windows 10?



Things I have tried:



Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Helpers.SystemInformation



System.Environment.OSVersion



APIs present on all Windows 10 systems:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/win32-and-com/win32-apis



APIs present on some Windows 10 systems:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/win32-and-com/win32-extension-apis










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    How can a UWP (C#, XAML) app detect if it is running on a N or KN edition of Windows 10?



    Things I have tried:



    Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Helpers.SystemInformation



    System.Environment.OSVersion



    APIs present on all Windows 10 systems:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/win32-and-com/win32-apis



    APIs present on some Windows 10 systems:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/win32-and-com/win32-extension-apis










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      How can a UWP (C#, XAML) app detect if it is running on a N or KN edition of Windows 10?



      Things I have tried:



      Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Helpers.SystemInformation



      System.Environment.OSVersion



      APIs present on all Windows 10 systems:
      https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/win32-and-com/win32-apis



      APIs present on some Windows 10 systems:
      https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/win32-and-com/win32-extension-apis










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      How can a UWP (C#, XAML) app detect if it is running on a N or KN edition of Windows 10?



      Things I have tried:



      Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Helpers.SystemInformation



      System.Environment.OSVersion



      APIs present on all Windows 10 systems:
      https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/win32-and-com/win32-apis



      APIs present on some Windows 10 systems:
      https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/win32-and-com/win32-extension-apis







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          For now, there's no such API for you. You could submit a Feature Request on WPDev UserVoice



          With Windows 10, your app could use ApiInformation class relevant APIs to check whether a class, method, property, event or API contract is supported by the current operating system.



          For example, if you want to check whether Windows.Devices.Input.Preview.GazeDevicePreview class is supported, you could use ApiInformation.IsTypePresent method like the following:



          if (ApiInformation.IsTypePresent("Windows.Devices.Input.Preview.GazeDevicePreview"))
          {
          //call appropriate APIs
          }





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          • Thanks, Xavier. Your method certainly works for checking API/type/method presence. However, I want to know if the UWP app is running on Windows 10 N or KN.

            – Qubert
            Nov 23 '18 at 13:24











          • For now, there's no such API for you. You could submit a Feature Request on WPDev UserVoice.

            – Xavier Xie - MSFT
            Nov 26 '18 at 2:48













          • I have edited your answer to include your comment and marked it as correct. Thank you!

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          For now, there's no such API for you. You could submit a Feature Request on WPDev UserVoice



          With Windows 10, your app could use ApiInformation class relevant APIs to check whether a class, method, property, event or API contract is supported by the current operating system.



          For example, if you want to check whether Windows.Devices.Input.Preview.GazeDevicePreview class is supported, you could use ApiInformation.IsTypePresent method like the following:



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          {
          //call appropriate APIs
          }





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          • Thanks, Xavier. Your method certainly works for checking API/type/method presence. However, I want to know if the UWP app is running on Windows 10 N or KN.

            – Qubert
            Nov 23 '18 at 13:24











          • For now, there's no such API for you. You could submit a Feature Request on WPDev UserVoice.

            – Xavier Xie - MSFT
            Nov 26 '18 at 2:48













          • I have edited your answer to include your comment and marked it as correct. Thank you!

            – Qubert
            Nov 27 '18 at 8:57
















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          For now, there's no such API for you. You could submit a Feature Request on WPDev UserVoice



          With Windows 10, your app could use ApiInformation class relevant APIs to check whether a class, method, property, event or API contract is supported by the current operating system.



          For example, if you want to check whether Windows.Devices.Input.Preview.GazeDevicePreview class is supported, you could use ApiInformation.IsTypePresent method like the following:



          if (ApiInformation.IsTypePresent("Windows.Devices.Input.Preview.GazeDevicePreview"))
          {
          //call appropriate APIs
          }





          share|improve this answer


























          • Thanks, Xavier. Your method certainly works for checking API/type/method presence. However, I want to know if the UWP app is running on Windows 10 N or KN.

            – Qubert
            Nov 23 '18 at 13:24











          • For now, there's no such API for you. You could submit a Feature Request on WPDev UserVoice.

            – Xavier Xie - MSFT
            Nov 26 '18 at 2:48













          • I have edited your answer to include your comment and marked it as correct. Thank you!

            – Qubert
            Nov 27 '18 at 8:57














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          For now, there's no such API for you. You could submit a Feature Request on WPDev UserVoice



          With Windows 10, your app could use ApiInformation class relevant APIs to check whether a class, method, property, event or API contract is supported by the current operating system.



          For example, if you want to check whether Windows.Devices.Input.Preview.GazeDevicePreview class is supported, you could use ApiInformation.IsTypePresent method like the following:



          if (ApiInformation.IsTypePresent("Windows.Devices.Input.Preview.GazeDevicePreview"))
          {
          //call appropriate APIs
          }





          share|improve this answer















          For now, there's no such API for you. You could submit a Feature Request on WPDev UserVoice



          With Windows 10, your app could use ApiInformation class relevant APIs to check whether a class, method, property, event or API contract is supported by the current operating system.



          For example, if you want to check whether Windows.Devices.Input.Preview.GazeDevicePreview class is supported, you could use ApiInformation.IsTypePresent method like the following:



          if (ApiInformation.IsTypePresent("Windows.Devices.Input.Preview.GazeDevicePreview"))
          {
          //call appropriate APIs
          }






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          • Thanks, Xavier. Your method certainly works for checking API/type/method presence. However, I want to know if the UWP app is running on Windows 10 N or KN.

            – Qubert
            Nov 23 '18 at 13:24











          • For now, there's no such API for you. You could submit a Feature Request on WPDev UserVoice.

            – Xavier Xie - MSFT
            Nov 26 '18 at 2:48













          • I have edited your answer to include your comment and marked it as correct. Thank you!

            – Qubert
            Nov 27 '18 at 8:57



















          • Thanks, Xavier. Your method certainly works for checking API/type/method presence. However, I want to know if the UWP app is running on Windows 10 N or KN.

            – Qubert
            Nov 23 '18 at 13:24











          • For now, there's no such API for you. You could submit a Feature Request on WPDev UserVoice.

            – Xavier Xie - MSFT
            Nov 26 '18 at 2:48













          • I have edited your answer to include your comment and marked it as correct. Thank you!

            – Qubert
            Nov 27 '18 at 8:57

















          Thanks, Xavier. Your method certainly works for checking API/type/method presence. However, I want to know if the UWP app is running on Windows 10 N or KN.

          – Qubert
          Nov 23 '18 at 13:24





          Thanks, Xavier. Your method certainly works for checking API/type/method presence. However, I want to know if the UWP app is running on Windows 10 N or KN.

          – Qubert
          Nov 23 '18 at 13:24













          For now, there's no such API for you. You could submit a Feature Request on WPDev UserVoice.

          – Xavier Xie - MSFT
          Nov 26 '18 at 2:48







          For now, there's no such API for you. You could submit a Feature Request on WPDev UserVoice.

          – Xavier Xie - MSFT
          Nov 26 '18 at 2:48















          I have edited your answer to include your comment and marked it as correct. Thank you!

          – Qubert
          Nov 27 '18 at 8:57





          I have edited your answer to include your comment and marked it as correct. Thank you!

          – Qubert
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