RetroArch says that I'm running Windows 8... on Windows 10.


  1. Ihaverabieshelp
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    RetroArch says that I'm running Windows 8... on Windows 10.


    I was gonna play some PSP games on RetroArch and I wanted to see what system information it has, so I went into system information and I saw this.
    RetroArch says that I'm running Windows 8... on Windows 10.-clouds.png
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  3. bro67
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    You should be inquiring in the Retroarch forums. It just happens to be how that program is coded to ID the OS.
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  4. Ihaverabieshelp
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    bro67 said:
    You should be inquiring in the Retroarch forums. It just happens to be how that program is coded to ID the OS.
    Ok.
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  6. Callender
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    I don't know how they detect the OS but they are detecting the emulated OS. If I run dtwinver it always shows:

    RetroArch says that I'm running Windows 8... on Windows 10.-dtwinver.png

    Screenshot from the developer:

    RetroArch says that I'm running Windows 8... on Windows 10.-dtwinver-2.png

    Also see:

    Does anyone actually know what this 'CurrentVersion' relates to?
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  7. Callender
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    Also see:

    Does anyone actually know what this 'CurrentVersion' relates to?

    I'm not expert on the subject.
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