'What does the MajorOperatingSystemVersion number mean in PE Optional Headers?
I am studying my own sample EXE file (A hello world program written in C) for educational purposes and I don't understand what the MajorOperatingSystemVersion value means.
The 2 byte field has a value of 0x0006 which translates to "Windows Vista/ Server 2008".
Does this mean the exe can run on Windows Vista/ Server 2008 and later?
I wrote this simple program on my laptop running Windows 10 using Visual Studio 2017 and I dont understand why it says Windows Vista/ Server 2008 as the major operating system version in the PE optional header.
Some clarification would be great.
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