Is there an easy way in C# to have conditional compilation symbols based on OS version

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I have a bunch of unit tests that need to be conditional compiled based on Windows OS version. This unit tests are testing TxF that is only available in Windows Vista and above.

#if WIN_OS_VERSION >= 6.0
// Run unit tests
#endif

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