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description: "Advanced C# Compiler Options. These options are used in advanced scenarios."
title: "Compiler Options - advanced scenarios"
ms.date: 08/22/2025
ms.date: 07/16/2026
f1_keywords:
- "cs.build.options"
helpviewer_keywords:
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<SubsystemVersion>major.minor</SubsystemVersion>
```

The `major.minor` specify the minimum required version of the subsystem, as expressed in a dot notation for major and minor versions. For example, you can specify that an application can't run on an operating system that's older than Windows 7. Set the value of this option to 6.01, as the table later in this article describes. You specify the values for `major` and `minor` as integers. Leading zeroes in the `minor` version don't change the version, but trailing zeroes do. For example, 6.1 and 6.01 refer to the same version, but 6.10 refers to a different version. We recommend expressing the minor version as two digits to avoid confusion.
The `major.minor` value specifies the minimum required version of the subsystem, expressed as a dot-separated major and minor version. For example, to prevent your application from running on operating systems older than Windows 7, set this option to `6.01`. Specify the values for `major` and `minor` as integers. Leading zeroes in the `minor` version don't change the version, but trailing zeroes do. For example, 6.1 and 6.01 refer to the same version, but 6.10 refers to a different version. Express the minor version as two digits to avoid confusion.

The following table lists common subsystem versions of Windows.

|Windows version|Subsystem version|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|Windows Server 2003|5.02|
|Windows Vista|6.00|
|Windows 7|6.01|
|Windows Server 2008|6.01|
|Windows 8|6.02|
|Windows 8.1|6.03|
|Windows 10|6.04|
|Windows 11|6.04|
For more information about Windows subsystem versions, see [Operating System Version](/windows/win32/sysinfo/operating-system-version).

The default value of the **SubsystemVersion** compiler option depends on the conditions in the following list:

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description: "Learn more about: -subsystemversion (Visual Basic)"
title: "-subsystemversion"
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`major.minor`

The minimum required version of the subsystem, as expressed in a dot notation for major and minor versions. For example, you can specify that an application can't run on an operating system that's older than Windows 7 if you set the value of this option to 6.01, as the table later in this topic describes. You must specify the values for `major` and `minor` as integers.
The minimum required version of the subsystem, as expressed in a dot notation for major and minor versions. For example, to prevent your application from running on operating systems older than Windows 7, set this option to `6.01`. Specify the values for `major` and `minor` as integers.

Leading zeroes in the `minor` version don't change the version, but trailing zeroes do. For example, 6.1 and 6.01 refer to the same version, but 6.10 refers to a different version. We recommend expressing the minor version as two digits to avoid confusion.
Leading zeroes in the `minor` version don't change the version, but trailing zeroes do. For example, 6.1 and 6.01 refer to the same version, but 6.10 refers to a different version. Express the minor version as two digits to avoid confusion.

## Remarks

The following table lists common subsystem versions of Windows.

|Windows version|Subsystem version|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|Windows Server 2003|5.02|
|Windows Vista|6.00|
|Windows 7|6.01|
|Windows Server 2008|6.01|
|Windows 8|6.02|
For more information about Windows subsystem versions, see [Operating System Version](/windows/win32/sysinfo/operating-system-version).

## Default values

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