.Net: How do I find the .NET version?

Question

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

Answer 1

To just get the installed version(s) at the command line, I recommend using net-version.

• It's just a single binary.
• It uses the guidelines provided my Microsoft to get version information.
• It doesn't require the SDK to be installed.
• Or the Visual Studio command prompt.
• It doesn't require you to use regedit and hunt down registry keys yourself. You can even pipe the output in a command line tool if you need to.

Source code is available on github.com

Full disclosure: I created this tool myself out of frustration.