VER – Windows CMD Command
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Display the current operating system version.
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Syntax VER |
A very simple method of version checking is to pipe a version string into FIND, however there is a possibility that something which is a unique string today might match a minor version released in the future.
e.g. the following would also match “7.6.1”
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ver | find "6.1" > nul if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto ver_2008R2 |
Batch file to find the current operating system version:
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@Echo off For /f "tokens=4,5,6 delims=[]. " %%G in ('ver') Do (set _major=%%G& set _minor=%%H& set _build=%%I) Echo Major Version: [%_major%] Echo Minor Version: [%_minor%] Echo Build: [%_build%] Echo Architecture: [%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%] pause |
Version / Release ID
The VER command returns the Major/Minor / Build number, but does not include the Version/Release ID as displayed in Settings > About.
The Release ID is typically a 4 digit code – a 2 digit year plus 2 digit month = the planned release date,
so 1709 means 2017 month 09 (September).
In practice the final release date can be a month or so later.
Mobile, Desktop and Server releases will have the same Version/Release ID but different build numbers.
This Release ID can be retrieved from the registry with PowerShell:
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(Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" -Name ReleaseId).ReleaseId |
List of Windows Version numbers
| Product name | Major version / build | Version / Release ID |
| Windows 95 | 4.0.950 | |
| Windows XP | 5.1.2600 | |
| Windows Vista, Service Pack 2 | 6.0.6002 | |
| Windows 7, RTM (Release to Manufacturing) | 6.1.7600.16385 | |
| Windows 7 | 6.1.7600 | |
| Windows 7, Service Pack 1 | 6.1.7601 | |
| Windows 8, RTM | 6.2.9200.16384 | |
| Windows 10 Gold | 10.0.10240 | 1507 |
| Windows 10 November Update, 2015-11-03 | 10.0.10586 | 1511 |
| Windows 10 Aniversary Update 2016-08-02 | 10.0.14393.1794 | 1607 |
| Windows 10 Creators Update 2017-04-11 | 10.0.15063.674 | 1703 |
| Windows 10 Fall Creators Update 2017-10-17 | 10.0.16299.19 | 1709 |
| Windows 10 April 2018 Update | 10.0.17134 | 1803 |
| Windows 10 October 2018 Update | 10.0.17763.55 | 1809 |
| Windows 10 version 1903 (May 2019 Update) | 10.0.18362.239 | 1903 |
| Product name | Major version / build | Version / Release ID |
| Windows Server 2003 | 5.2.3790 | |
| Windows Server 2008 | 6.0.6001 | |
| Windows Server 2008 R2, RTM | 6.1.7600.16385 | |
| Windows Server 2012 | 6.2.9200 | |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 | 6.3.9600 | |
| Windows Server 2016 RTM 2016-09-26 | 10.0.14393 | 1607 |
| Windows Server 2016 Aniversary Update 2017-03-22 | 10.0.14393.970 | 1703 |
| Windows Server 2016 Fall Creators Update | 10.0.16299.15 | 1709 |
| Windows Server, version 1803 (Semi-Annual Channel) (Datacenter, Standard) | 10.0.17134.1 | 1803 |
| Windows Server, version 1903 | 10.0.18342 | 1903 |
See also Wikipedia list of Windows versions and Microsoft Windows 10 release history
Finding the version remotely
PowerShell can be used to find the OS versions of multiple machines across a domain:
Get-ADComputer -Filter {OperatingSystem -like “Windows 10*”} -Property * | Format-Table Name,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion -Wrap –Auto
Service Pack Level
This batch script or this PowerShell script will return the Service Pack level.
32 bit or 64 bit process detection
The environment variable PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE holds the following possible values:
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64-bit process: AMD64 or IA64 32-bit process or WOW64 (32bit Program on 64 bit OS): x86 |
If we are running WOW64 then PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432 =AMD64
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IF PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE == x86 AND PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432 NOT DEFINED THEN // OS is 32bit ELSE // OS is 64bit |
END IF
via David Wang @MSFT
Errorlevels
If the version was successfully displayed %ERRORLEVEL% = 0
If a bad parameter is given %ERRORLEVEL% = 1
VER /? will not reset the ERRORLEVEL, this is a bug.
VER is an internal command.
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