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To check if any version of PowerShell is installed, check for the following value in the registry: Key Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1; Value Name: Install; Value Type: REG_DWORD; Value Data: 0x00000001 (1; To check whether version 1.0 or 2.0 of PowerShell is installed, check for the following value in the registry:
Note, it is worth noting that the locations of the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Powershell are somewhat misleading. The 32-bit PowerShell is found at C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe, and the 64-bit PowerShell is at C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe, courtesy of this article.
When called from PowerShell, it reflects the .NET framework version underlying the PowerShell session. In Windows PowerShell, the version number reported does not reflect the .NET Framework product version number (e.g., 4.7.2), as Matt notes. –
To get the Windows version number, as Jeff notes in his answer, use: [Environment]::OSVersion. It is worth noting that the result is of type [System.Version], so it is possible to check for, say, Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 and later with. [Environment]::OSVersion.Version -ge (new-object 'Version' 6,1)
8 Answers. Sorted by: Reset to default. 51. This PowerShell cmdlet will get the Azure PowerShell version. Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name Azure -Refresh. It has a major advantage in which it will be able to return the expected outcome even if the Azure module has not been loaded into the current PowerShell session.
And you can watch PowerShell identify what to run for 'python' with the command. Trace-Command –Name CommandDiscovery –Expression {get-command python} -PSHost So, to make Python 2.7.13 the one to launch, you could: make it the only Python version available. move its folder to the front of the PATH list, ahead of any other version.
I am trying to get Google Chrome's version number but I can't find it. I can see that chrome is installed: I tried using PowerShell: get-wmiobject Win32_Product | Format-Table IdentifyingNumber, Name, LocalPackage -AutoSize but what I get is a list that doesn't contain "Google Chrome" in it. How can I get Google Chrome's version number?
The current version of Powershell has a Get-InstalledModule function that suits this purpose well (or at least it did in my case). Get-InstalledModule. Description. The Get-InstalledModule cmdlet gets PowerShell modules that are installed on a computer.
I'm trying to check the powershell version and based on what version, I need to run a specific function due to command and syntax differences between the different versions. I'm trying to create a variable with only the version number in it for easy comparison. Here's the code.
In PowerShell 4, you could get the FileVersionInfo from Get-Item or Get-ChildItem, but it would show the original FileVersion from the shipped product, and not the updated version. For instance: (Get-Item C:\Windows\System32\Lsasrv.dll).VersionInfo.FileVersion. Interestingly, you could get the updated (patched) ProductVersion by using this: