How to check the machine type? laptop or desktop?
c#, wmi
Solution
read registry key from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\pcmcia, the ‘Start’ value, it's laptop if start =0, otherwise it's desktop machine if start doesn't exist or start != 0.
Problem
How to check current machine type? laptop or desktop ? I got this from http://blog.csdn.net/antimatterworld/archive/2007/11/11/1878710.aspx ,it works well on my home machine(Win2003 on laptop), it returns "Portable", but failed on my work machine(Vista on laptop), it returns "Other". here is the code: ``` public enum ChassisTypes { Other = 1, Unknown, Desktop, LowProfileDesktop, PizzaBox, MiniTower, Tower, Portable, Laptop, Notebook, Handheld, DockingStation, AllInOne, SubNotebook, SpaceSaving, LunchBox, MainSystemChassis, ExpansionChassis, SubChassis, BusExpansionChassis, PeripheralChassis, StorageChassis, RackMountChassis, SealedCasePC } public static ChassisTypes GetCurrentChassisType() { ManagementClass systemEnclosures = new ManagementClass("Win32_SystemEnclosure"); foreach (ManagementObject obj in systemEnclosures.GetInstances()) { foreach (int i in (UInt16[ ])(obj["ChassisTypes"])) { if (i > 0 && i < 25) { return (ChassisTypes)i; } } } return ChassisTypes.Unknown; } ```