[Vm-dev] Raise minimum supported Windows API from XP to Vista (was: Identify console executable and standard one)

[Eliot Miranda]

Hi Alistair,


> On Apr 23, 2018, at 2:46 AM, Alistair Grant <akgrant0710 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> 
> I have some test code that correctly identifies whether stdin on Windows
> is a console or redirected, in both windows command terminals (cmd.exe)
> and cygwin mintty (the current code only works for cmd.exe, not for
> cygwin terminals).
> 
> However it relies on the Windows Vista API, i.e. _WIN32_WINNT >=
> 0x0600, and at the moment we set the minimum supported version to
> Windows XP (0x0501).
> 
> Since Windows XP is no longer supported, I can't see any problem with
> raising the minimum version to Windows Vista (which also isn't
> supported, but should give us maximum compatibility), but wanted to
> check first.
> 
> Are there any objections to raising the minimum API level to Windows
> Vista?

Not from me.  But it would be nice if the resulting executable still ran in Windows NT.  Is that still possible?  What does the code look like?

> Thanks,
> Alistair