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Methods to display .NET version installed on Windows server

What methods can I use to display the version of .NET currently installed on a Windows server?

What PowerShell commands or command-line commands will provide this information?

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David,

I have run the following command from an elevated PowerShell prompt on several servers but continue to get errors:

Install-Module -Name DotNetVersionLister

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This module then installs.

Then I have run the following command from the same elevated PowerShell prompt but I get the error message shown below. What needs to be done to fix this issue so I can display the version of .Net installed on these servers?

get-dotnetversion

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PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-dotnetversion
get-dotnetversion : The term 'get-dotnetversion' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try
again.
At line:1 char:1
+ get-dotnetversion
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (get-dotnetversion:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

IT Guy

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Daryl,

When I run the command line command I get this output shown below.

Why does one of the Client versions display version 4.0.0.0?

Is .Net version 4.8 still the active version on this server?

C:\Users\msmith>reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework Setup\NDP\v4" /s

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Client
CBS REG_DWORD 0x1
Install REG_DWORD 0x1
InstallPath REG_SZ C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\
Release REG_DWORD 0x80eb1
Servicing REG_DWORD 0x0
TargetVersion REG_SZ 4.0.0
Version REG_SZ 4.8.03761

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Client\1033
CBS REG_DWORD 0x1
Install REG_DWORD 0x1
Release REG_DWORD 0x80eb1
Servicing REG_DWORD 0x0
TargetVersion REG_SZ 4.0.0
Version REG_SZ 4.8.03761

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full
CBS REG_DWORD 0x1
Install REG_DWORD 0x1
InstallPath REG_SZ C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\
Release REG_DWORD 0x80eb1
Servicing REG_DWORD 0x0
TargetVersion REG_SZ 4.0.0
Version REG_SZ 4.8.03761

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full\1033
CBS REG_DWORD 0x1
Install REG_DWORD 0x1
Release REG_DWORD 0x80eb1
Servicing REG_DWORD 0x0
TargetVersion REG_SZ 4.0.0
Version REG_SZ 4.8.03761

When I run the PowerShell command I get this output:

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-ChildItem 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP' -Recurse | Get-ItemProperty -Name version -EA 0 | Where { $_.PSChildName -Match '^(?!S)\p{L}'} | Select PSChildName, version

PSChildName Version
----------- -------
Client 4.8.03761
Full 4.8.03761
Client 4.0.0.0

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