How to get the version of Windows - as in "Windows 10, version 1607"?

Question

It seems that the word "version" in relation to Windows is used for different things. For example, Windows 10 “Anniversary Update” is designated “Microsoft Version 1607” ( here ). But if I try to get the “Version” (on a PC with the Anniversary Update installed) using the following code, nothing is returned that looks like “1607”.

// Get Version details Version ver = os.Version; Console.WriteLine("Major version: " + ver.Major); Console.WriteLine("Major Revision: " + ver.MajorRevision); Console.WriteLine("Minor version: " + ver.Minor); Console.WriteLine("Minor Revision: " + ver.MinorRevision); Console.WriteLine("Build: " + ver.Build); 

I get this:

 Major version: 6 Major Revision: 0 Minor version: 2 Minor Revision: 0 Build: 9200 

How to get the version of Windows 10, as in "Version 1607"?

Thanks!

Answer 1

according to the official MSDN link, a version number is defined for each version of Windows there. in dot net, this can be read using the Environment.OSVersion object.

 Console.WriteLine("OSVersion: {0}", Environment.OSVersion); //output: OSVersion: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0 

What you are looking for is called ReleaseID, not the window version. this can be read from the registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ ReleaseId

 using Microsoft.Win32; string releaseId = Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", "ReleaseId", "").ToString(); Console.WriteLine(releaseId); 

Answer 2

In addition to Scott's answer, you can also get the name of the product (e.g. Windows 10 Pro) with this (* I don’t think Scott is the one who mentioned the registry path + I reuse its code below):

 using Microsoft.Win32; string ProductName = Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", "ProductName", "").ToString(); Console.WriteLine(ProductName); 

Answer 3

  private static ManagementObject GetMngObj(string className) { var wmi = new ManagementClass(className); foreach (var o in wmi.GetInstances()) { var mo = (ManagementObject)o; if (mo != null) return mo; } return null; } public static string GetOsVer() { try { ManagementObject mo = GetMngObj("Win32_OperatingSystem"); if (null == mo) return string.Empty; return mo["Version"] as string; } catch (Exception e) { return string.Empty; } } 

How to use:

 Console.WriteLine(GetOsVer()); 

Result: 10.0.0.1299

Answer 4

 string Version = (string)Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", "ProductName", null); 

Gives a name like "Windows 10 Enterprise".