How to find the Windows version from the PowerShell command line

Since PowerShell 5:

Get-ComputerInfo
Get-ComputerInfo -Property Windows*

I think this command pretty much tries the 1001 different ways so far discovered to collect system information...

I am refining one of the [answers][1]

I reached this question while trying to match the output from winver.exe:

`Version 1607 (OS Build 14393.351)`

I was able to extract the build string with:

,((Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" -Name BuildLabEx).BuildLabEx -split '\.') | % { $_[0..1] -join '.' }

Result: `14393.351`

**Updated**: Here is a slightly simplified script using regex

(Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion").BuildLabEx -match '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | % { $matches.Values }

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If you are trying to decipher info MS puts on their patching site such as

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you will need a combo such as:

`$name=(Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem).caption
$bit=(Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem).OSArchitecture
$ver=(Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion").ReleaseId
Write-Host $name, $bit, $ver`

Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit 1703

I searched a lot to find out the exact version, because WSUS server shows the wrong version.
The best is to get revision from UBR registry KEY.

$WinVer = New-Object –TypeName PSObject
$WinVer | Add-Member –MemberType NoteProperty –Name Major –Value $(Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' CurrentMajorVersionNumber).CurrentMajorVersionNumber
$WinVer | Add-Member –MemberType NoteProperty –Name Minor –Value $(Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' CurrentMinorVersionNumber).CurrentMinorVersionNumber
$WinVer | Add-Member –MemberType NoteProperty –Name Build –Value $(Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' CurrentBuild).CurrentBuild
$WinVer | Add-Member –MemberType NoteProperty –Name Revision –Value $(Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' UBR).UBR
$WinVer

I took the scripts above and tweaked them a little to come up with this:

$name=(Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem).caption
$bit=(Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem).OSArchitecture

$vert = " Version:"
$ver=(Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion").ReleaseId

$buildt = " Build:"
$build= (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion").BuildLabEx -match '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | % { $matches.Values }

$installd = Get-ComputerInfo -Property WindowsInstallDateFromRegistry

Write-host $installd
Write-Host $name, $bit, $vert, $ver, `enter code here`$buildt, $build, $installd

*****************

To get a result like this:

Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit Version: 1709 Build: 16299.431 @{WindowsInstallDateFromRegistry=18-01-01 2:29:11 AM}


Hint: I'd appreciate a hand stripping the prefix text from the install date so I can replace it with a more readable header.

Unfortunately most of the other answers do not provide information specific to Windows 10.

Windows 10 has [_versions_][1] of its own: [1507, 1511, 1607, 1703, etc][2]. This is what `winver` shows.

Powershell:
(Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion").ReleaseId

Command prompt (CMD.EXE):
Reg Query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v ReleaseId

See also [related question on superuser][3].

As for other Windows versions use `systeminfo`. Powershell wrapper:

PS C:\> systeminfo /fo csv | ConvertFrom-Csv | select OS*, System*, Hotfix* | Format-List


OS Name : Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise
OS Version : 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
OS Manufacturer : Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration : Standalone Workstation
OS Build Type : Multiprocessor Free
System Type : x64-based PC
System Locale : ru;Russian
Hotfix(s) : 274 Hotfix(s) Installed.,[01]: KB2849697,[02]: KB2849697,[03]:...

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Windows 10 output for the same command:

OS Name : Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise N 2016 LTSB
OS Version : 10.0.14393 N/A Build 14393
OS Manufacturer : Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration : Standalone Workstation
OS Build Type : Multiprocessor Free
System Type : x64-based PC
System Directory : C:\Windows\system32
System Locale : en-us;English (United States)
Hotfix(s) : N/A

You can use python, to simplify things (works on all Windows versions and all other platforms):

import platform

print(platform.system()) # returns 'Windows', 'Linux' etc.
print(platform.release()) # returns for Windows 10 or Server 2019 '10'

if platform.system() = 'Windows':
print(platform.win32_ver()) # returns (10, 10.0.17744, SP0, Multiprocessor Free) on windows server 2019

(Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" -Name BuildLabEx).BuildLabEx

Using Windows Powershell, it possible to get the data you need in the following way

Caption:
```powershell
(Get-WmiObject -class Win32_OperatingSystem).Caption
```

ReleaseId:
```powershell
(Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" -Name ReleaseId).ReleaseId
```

version:
```powershell
(Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem).version
```

To produce identical output to winver.exe in PowerShell v5 on Windows 10 1809:

```
$Version = Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\'
"Version $($Version.ReleaseId) (OS Build $($Version.CurrentBuildNumber).$($Version.UBR))"
```