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

Windows PowerShell 2.0:

$windows = New-Object -Type PSObject |
           Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Caption -Value (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem).Caption -PassThru |
           Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Version -Value [Environment]::OSVersion.Version                     -PassThru

Windows PowerShell 3.0:

$windows = [PSCustomObject]@{
    Caption = (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem).Caption
    Version = [Environment]::OSVersion.Version
}

For display (both versions):

"{0}  ({1})" -f $windows.Caption, $windows.Version