How do I find out which version of .NET is installed?
I'm looking for something as simple as "java -version" that I can type at the command prompt and that tells me the current version(s) installed.
I better add that Visual Studio may not be installed - this is typically something that I want to know about a client machine.
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For anyone running Windows 10 1607 and looking for .net 4.7. Disregard all of the above.
It's not in the Registry, C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET folder or the Installed Programs list or the WMIC display of that same list.
Look for "installed updates" KB3186568.
Just type the following in the command line:
dir /b /ad /o-n %systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v?.*
Your dotnet version will be shown as the highest number.
There is an easier way to get the exact version .NET version installed on your machine from a cmd prompt. Just follow the following instructions;
Open the command prompt (i.e Windows + R ? type “cmd”) and type the following command, all on one line: %windir%\Microsoft.NET\FrameWork, and then navigating to the directory with the latest version number.
Refer to http://dotnettec.com/check-dot-net-framework-version/
If you do this fairly frequently (as I tend to do) you can create a shortcut on your desktop as follows:
powershell.exe -noexit -command "gci 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP' -recurse | gp -name Version,Release -EA 0 | where { $_.PSChildName -match '^(?!S)\p{L}'} | select PSChildName, Version, Release"
(this is from Binoj Antony's post).(NOTE: I am not sure if this works for 4.5, but I can confirm that it does work for 4.6, and versions prior to 4.5.)
Before going to a command prompt, please follow these steps...
Open My Computer ? double click "C:" drive ? double click "Windows" ? double click "Microsoft.NET" ? double click "Framework" ? Inside this folder, there will be folder(s) like "v1.0.3705" and/or "v2.0.50727" and/or "v3.5" and/or "v4.0.30319".
Your latest .NET version would be in the highest v number folder, so if v4.0.30319 is available that would hold your latest .NET framework. However, the v4.0.30319 does not mean that you have the .NET framework version 4.0. The v4.0.30319 is your Visual C# compiler version, therefore, in order to find the .NET framework version do the following.
Go to a command prompt and follow this path:
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319 (or whatever the highest v number folder)
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319 > csc.exe
Output:
Microsoft (R) Visual C# Compiler version 4.0.30319.17929 for Microsoft (R) .NET Framework 4.5 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Example below:
Per Microsoft in powershell:
Get-ChildItem "hklm:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full\" | Get-ItemPropertyValue -Name Release | % { $_ -ge 394802 }
See the table at this link to get the DWORD value to search for specific versions:
For the version of the framework that is installed, it varies depending on which service packs and hotfixes you have installed. Take a look at this MSDN page for more details. It suggests looking in %systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework
to get the version.
Environment.Version will programmatically give you the version of the CLR.
Note that this is the version of the CLR, and not necessarily the same as the latest version of the framework you have installed (.NET 3.0 and 3.5 both use v2 of the CLR).
.NET Version Detector is a GUI utility that displays which of the six(!) versions of the framework are installed.
To just get the installed version(s) at the command line, I recommend using net-version.
Source code is available on github.com
Full disclosure: I created this tool myself out of frustration.
clrver
is an excellent one. Just execute it in the .NET prompt and it will list all available framework versions.
Try .NET Checker
by Scott Hanselman.
MSDN details it here very nicely on how to check it from registry:
To find .NET Framework versions by viewing the registry (.NET Framework 1-4)
- On the Start menu, choose Run.
- In the Open box, enter regedit.exe.You must have administrative credentials to run regedit.exe.
In the Registry Editor, open the following subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP
The installed versions are listed under the NDP subkey. The version number is stored in the Version entry. For the .NET Framework 4 the Version entry is under the Client or Full subkey (under NDP), or under both subkeys.
To find .NET Framework versions by viewing the registry (.NET Framework 4.5 and later)
- On the Start menu, choose Run.
- In the Open box, enter regedit.exe. You must have administrative credentials to run regedit.exe.
In the Registry Editor, open the following subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full
Note that the path to the Full subkey includes the subkey Net Framework rather than .NET Framework
Check for a DWORD value named
Release
. The existence of the Release DWORD indicates that the .NET Framework 4.5 or newer has been installed on that computer.
Note: The last row in the above snapshot which got clipped reads On all other OS versions: 461310
. I tried my level best to avoid the information getting clipped while taking the screenshot but the table was way too big.
This answer is applicable to .NET Core only!
Typing dotnet --version
in your terminal of choice will print out the version of the .NET Core SDK in use.
Learn more about the dotnet
command here.
There is an easier way to get the exact version .NET version installed on your machine from a cmd prompt. Just follow the following instructions;
reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP"
(This will list all the .NET versions.)
reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\full" /v version
Please find the attached image below to see how it is shown.
Here is the Power Shell script which I used by taking the reference of:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/3495491/148657
$Lookup = @{
378389 = [version]'4.5'
378675 = [version]'4.5.1'
378758 = [version]'4.5.1'
379893 = [version]'4.5.2'
393295 = [version]'4.6'
393297 = [version]'4.6'
394254 = [version]'4.6.1'
394271 = [version]'4.6.1'
394802 = [version]'4.6.2'
394806 = [version]'4.6.2'
460798 = [version]'4.7'
460805 = [version]'4.7'
461308 = [version]'4.7.1'
461310 = [version]'4.7.1'
461808 = [version]'4.7.2'
461814 = [version]'4.7.2'
528040 = [version]'4.8'
528049 = [version]'4.8'
}
# For One True framework (latest .NET 4x), change the Where-Oject match
# to PSChildName -eq "Full":
Get-ChildItem 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP' -Recurse |
Get-ItemProperty -name Version, Release -EA 0 |
Where-Object { $_.PSChildName -match '^(?!S)\p{L}'} |
Select-Object @{name = ".NET Framework"; expression = {$_.PSChildName}},
@{name = "Product"; expression = {$Lookup[$_.Release]}},
Version, Release
The above script makes use of the registry and gives us the Windows update number along with .Net Framework installed on a machine.
Here are the results for the same when running that script on two different machines
If you open a command prompt and type the following two commands, all framework versions that are installed on the current machine will be listed (each one is stored in a separate directory within this directory).
cd %systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework
dir /A:D
Source: Stackoverflow.com