Is this a good way to determine OS Architecture?
"Since the WMI class Win32_OperatingSystem only includes OSArchitecture in Windows Vista, I quickly wrote up a method using the registry to try and determine whether or not the current system is a 32 or 64bit system.
private Boolean is64BitOperatingSystem() { RegistryKey localEnvironment = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(""SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session Manager\\Environment""); String processorArchitecture = (String) localEnvironment.GetValue(""PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE"");
if (processorArchitecture.Equals(""x86"")) { return false; } else { return true; } }
It's worked out pretty well for us so far, but I'm not sure how much I like looking through the registry. Is this a pretty standard practice or is there a better method?
Edit: Wow, that code looks a lot prettier in the preview. I'll consider linking to a pastebin or something, next time."
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