Macros for Conditional Declarations

The following table describes the preferred macros used in the Windows header files.

Minimum system required	Value for NTDDI_VERSION
Windows 8	NTDDI_WIN8 (0x06020000)
Windows 7	NTDDI_WIN7 (0x06010000)
Windows Server 2008	NTDDI_WS08 (0x06000100)
Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1)	NTDDI_VISTASP1 (0x06000100)
Windows Vista	NTDDI_VISTA (0x06000000)
Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (SP2)	NTDDI_WS03SP2 (0x05020200)
Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1)	NTDDI_WS03SP1 (0x05020100)
Windows Server 2003	NTDDI_WS03 (0x05020000)
Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3)	NTDDI_WINXPSP3 (0x05010300)
Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2)	NTDDI_WINXPSP2 (0x05010200)
Windows XP with Service Pack 1 (SP1)	NTDDI_WINXPSP1 (0x05010100)
Windows XP	NTDDI_WINXP (0x05010000)

 

The following tables describe other macros used in the Windows header files.

Minimum system required	Minimum value for _WIN32_WINNT and WINVER
Windows 8	_WIN32_WINNT_WIN8 (0x0602)
Windows 7	_WIN32_WINNT_WIN7 (0x0601)
Windows Server 2008	_WIN32_WINNT_WS08 (0x0600)
Windows Vista	_WIN32_WINNT_VISTA (0x0600)
Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows XP with SP2	_WIN32_WINNT_WS03 (0x0502)
Windows Server 2003, Windows XP	_WIN32_WINNT_WINXP (0x0501)

 

Minimum version required	Minimum value of _WIN32_IE
Internet Explorer 10.0	_WIN32_IE_IE100 (0x0A00)
Internet Explorer 9.0	_WIN32_IE_IE90 (0x0900)
Internet Explorer 8.0	_WIN32_IE_IE80 (0x0800)
Internet Explorer 7.0	_WIN32_IE_IE70 (0x0700)
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2	_WIN32_IE_IE60SP2 (0x0603)
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1	_WIN32_IE_IE60SP1 (0x0601)
Internet Explorer 6.0	_WIN32_IE_IE60 (0x0600)
Internet Explorer 5.5	_WIN32_IE_IE55 (0x0550)
Internet Explorer 5.01	_WIN32_IE_IE501 (0x0501)
Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.0a, 5.0b	_WIN32_IE_IE50 (0x0500)