How to find the Windows version from the PowerShell command line

Question

How do I find which Windows version I\'m using?

I\'m using PowerShell 2.0 and tried:

PS C:\\> ver
The term \'ver\' is not recognized as the name o         


        

Answer 1

I am refining one of the answers

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 }