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

You could also use something like this, by checking the OSVersion.Version.Major:

IF ([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version.Major -ge 10) {Write-Host "Windows 10 or above"}
IF ([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version.Major -lt 10) {Write-Host "Windows 8.1 or below"}